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Aug 19, 2019 Local News
Shochu Shipments from Miyazaki Prefecture Break Records
Miyazaki Prefecture shipped out a record high volume of shochu in Japan between July 2018 to June 2019. According to a study by the Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association, the pr...
Jul 18, 2019 Local News
Moths From North and South America Eating Kyushu Crops
Caterpillars of Spodoptera frugiperda (also known as fall armyworm), a foreign moth native to North and South America, has been found in five prefectures in Kyushu. Announcements h...
Jul 2, 2019 Local News
Kyushu Pancake Expands With New Pasta Products
Kyushu Table, the Miyazaki-based manufacturer of Kyushu Pancake, launched a new pasta product in Taiwan and Japan on June 28. Named Seven Grain Pasta, the noodles are made with gra...
May 31, 2019 Local News
Miyazaki City to Receive Support for Garden Tourism
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism Kyushu Regional Development Bureau appointed Miyazaki City as one of six important locations for its first-ever support...
May 7, 2019 Local News
Canon Opens New Factory in Miyazaki
Canon Inc. and Miyazaki Canon Inc. announced the opening of a new factory in Takanabe Town, Miyazaki Prefecture. The new production base has a floor space of 57,000 square meters e...
Apr 12, 2019 Local News
Two Miyazaki Mangoes Fetch Half Million at Auction
The first auction of the year for Taiyo no Tamago, a brand of mangoes from Miyazaki Prefecture, was held on Apr. 8. This year, the weather condition allowed an earlier shipment of ...
Aug 16, 2018 Local News
Kirishima Shuzo is Top Selling Brewery
The Fukuoka branch of the Teikoku Databank Fukuoka announced on August 13 that Kirishima Shuzo was the top selling manufacturer of shochu and awamori for 2017. This is the sixth co...
Aug 3, 2018 Local News
New Kirishima Shuzo Factory Completed
Kirishima Shuzo held a ceremony on July 26 to celebrate the completion of a new factory in Shibita-cho, Miyakonojo. A mixture of company executives and construction personnel atten...
Jul 27, 2018 Local News
New Bike Share Service in Miyazaki
A ceremony was held on July 24 outside Miyazaki Station to mark the start of the prefecture's first bike rental service. Miyazaki Kotsu established a total of 14 spots around the c...
Jul 27, 2018 Local News
Domestic Sales Begin of Award-winning Miyazaki Beer
Local Miyazaki beer Kurikuro, which placed in the World Beer Awards under the category “Stout and Porter”, is now on sale in Japan. Kurikuro was first produced by Hideji Beer Brewe...