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Aug 17, 2012 Local News
Miyazaki Group Working to Provide Electricity in Mongolia
The Miyakonojo Technical Support Center of Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, has formed a group with five machinery manufacturers in the prefecture to produce and sell a small, por...
Aug 17, 2012 Local News
Rise in Number of Large Regional Companies
The Fukuoka branch of Tokyo Shokoh Research released their rankings for companies with sales of at least 10 billion yen on a non-consolidated basis in Kyushu and Okinawa Prefecture...
Aug 17, 2012 Local News
Regional Shipbuilding Volume Hits 5.65 Million Tons
The Kyushu Transport Bureau announced that the aggregate amount of large ships built in Kyushu and western Yamaguchi Prefecture in FY 2011 totaled 5.655 million tons, a 5.5% year-o...
Aug 17, 2012 Local News
Record High Number Visit Regional Boat Races
The Kyushu Transport Bureau revealed the results for sales and turnout at the six boat racing sites in Kyushu and Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture for FY 2011. The number of vis...
Aug 17, 2012 Local News
Kitakyushu to Outsource Nine Functions
Kitakyushu Mayor Kenji Kitahashi told a press conference that the city would accept the recommendations of a special commission and outsource nine municipal functions to the privat...
Aug 17, 2012 Local News
Fukuoka City to Outsource Tax Certification Documents to Private Sector
Fukuoka City will outsource to the private sector the work for creating and delivering tax certification documents, as well has handling telephone inquiries for such matters. The ...
Aug 17, 2012 Local News
Kyushu Electric’s CO2 Emissions Rise 40% in 2011
Kyushu Electric Power reports that its CO2 emissions in 2011 rose by 40% from the previous year to 43 million tons. That is the highest amount since 1990. The cause was the increas...
Aug 16, 2012 Local News
Kyuden Releases Report on Genkai Nuclear Plant
Kyushu Electric Power Company (Kyuden) submitted the results of their first evaluation stress test to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry nuclear safety section on Aug. 13....
Aug 16, 2012 Local News
Solar Panels to be Installed at Bus Stops
Nishitetsu announced on Aug, 13 that they will install solar panel at 12 bus stops in Fukuoka City. The installation will begin on the 27th and will be completed by early Septembe...
Aug 16, 2012 Local News
Hawk’s Kokubo Announces Retirement
Tuesday was a sad day for Fukuoka’s hometown baseball team and fans, as Softbank Hawks’ team captain Hiroki Kokubo announced his retirement from baseball. The professional baseball...