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Jan 19, 2022 Local News
Uncrewed Ferry Test Completed in Kitakyushu
A trial to operate uncrewed cruise ships took place at Shinmoji Port in Kitakyushu City. The first project of the kind in the world saw a 222-meter-long vessel successfully sail ou...
Dec 21, 2021 Local News
Fukuoka Tech Company Testing Better Sounding Masks
A smartphone-based technology to make mask wearers’ voices sound clearer is being tested at Fukuoka City’s Higashi Ward Office. The application developer, Sound, is a local startup...
Nov 19, 2021 Local News
Drone-operated Forest Undergrowth Mowing Trial in Oita
Kyushu Electric Power (Kyuden) and the Kumamoto-based drone developer, Blue Bee, conducted a drone trial to mow undergrowth in a forest in Oita. The first such project in Japan...
Nov 9, 2021 Local News
Bedridden Residents of Fukuoka Works Remotely as Waitstaff in Tokyo
Kyushu-based waiters and waitresses are working online to serve customers in Nihonbashi, Tokyo. “Pilots” of OriHime robots at Dawn Avatar Robot Café remotely perform their cafe tas...
Oct 28, 2021 Local News
Kumamoto-based KM Biologics Accelerates its Vaccine Development
The domestic producer of the new coronavirus vaccine had applied for the government’s early approval program to meet the demands for the expected third injections period. The compa...
Oct 26, 2021 Local News
Kyushu University Participates in Development of Coronavirus Vaccination Status Technology
Kyushu University, Kajima Corporation, and two more companies began a trial to manage the new coronavirus vaccination status with finger vein recognition. Aiming to create a COVID-...
Oct 13, 2021 Local News
Kurume University Collaborates With Bridgestone To Solve Sleep Debt
Kurume University and Kurume City partnered with Bridgestone Corporation and three other organizations to solve ‘sleep debt’ matters. The government-industry-academia collaboration...
Oct 5, 2021 Local News
Smart-ring WIth Payment System On Trial at Ropponmatsu Tsutaya
A smart ring for contactless payment, known as Evering, will be tested at the Tsutaya bookstore in Ropponmatsu, Fukuoka City. The wearable smart device was developed by a domestic ...
Sep 29, 2021 Local News
Kyushu University Medical Lighthouse AI Announced
Kyushu University developed AI to identify medical cures for diseases. Professor Keiichi Nakayama and his fellow researchers at Harvard Medical School and Hokkaido University succe...
Sep 24, 2021 Local News
Kyushu University Associate Professor Makes ALS Discovery
A Kyushu University associate professor, Ryo Yamasaki, and his fellow researchers discovered the possibility of slowing down the progress of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) by ...
