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Sep 8, 2021 Local News
Kyudai Startup Announces Early Pancreatic Cancer Method
Hirotsu Bio Science, a Kyushu University startup, discovered the possibility of detecting early pancreatic cancer with nematodes. The disease, which kills approximately 30,000 pati...
Aug 31, 2021 Local News
Fukuoka Startup Develops AI system to Monitor Hand Washing
The Fukuoka-based startup Tsumug Inc. has developed an AI-based device to check if people wash their hands thoroughly. Trials began in collaboration with Fukuoka City at two of TiN...
Aug 27, 2021 Local News
Bank in Fukuoka Wins Design Award
Minna no Ginko, the online bank for Fukuoka Financial Group, won a Red Dot Design Award. The Germany-based award is considered one of the three most important design awards globall...
Jul 20, 2021 Local News
Large Bio-power Plant Built in Fukuoka
One of Japan's largest biomass power plants is now in operation in Kanda Town, Fukuoka Prefecture. Funded by Renova Inc., Sumitomo Forestry Co., Ltd., and three more companies, the...
Jul 19, 2021 Local News
Large-scale Robot Production Begins in Oita
An ANA-group startup company, Avatarin Inc., announced that it would produce about 500 units of ‘newme’ robot at Denken Co. Ltd. in Yufu City by the end of March 2022. Newme is a m...
Jul 7, 2021 Local News
Kumamoto University and Fukuoka Company Developed Anti-Anisakis System
A new technique to kill anisakis with electric current has been developed by a research team at Kumamoto University. In collaboration with the Fukuoka-based Japan Seafoods Co., Ltd...
May 10, 2021 Local News
Fukuoka Institute of Technology Release Walking App With Natural disaster Information
The Fukuoka Institute of Technology released a walking app to make fitness walking more informative. The smartphone application, ‘Bonsai Go’ (disaster prevention go), presents safe...
Apr 28, 2021 Local News
Toyota x Groovenauts AI program for Logistics Solutions
Toyota Motor Kyushu, Inc. and Fukuoka-based startup, Groovenauts, Inc., announced a joint project to develop an AI-based program to improve logistic efficiency. It will apply Groov...
Apr 28, 2021 Local News
Saga University Researchers Developed Ultimate Semiconductor
A research group at Saga University announced the invention of a new diamond semiconductor. On Apr. 20, Professor Makoto Kasu and his fellow researchers told an online press confer...
Apr 28, 2021 Local News
Kyukodai Prepares Lunar Rover For Trip to The Moon
Tests for the first domestic lunar rover, ‘Yaoki,’ was conducted at Kyushu Institute of Technology on Apr. 26. The Tokyo-based startup, Dymon Co., Ltd., spent the past ten years de...