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Jun 30, 2011 Local News
Nagasaki District Court Rejects Request to Open Drain Gates
Watermen in Saga and Nagasaki prefectures appealed to the courts the government’s ruling that the drain gates of the Isahaya Bay flood control dykes should remain closed on the bas...
Jun 30, 2011 Local News
Spring Camp Tourism Down in Miyazaki
Every year from January to March, many Japanese pro baseball and soccer teams hold spring training in Miyazaki Prefecture. This year, volcanic eruptions at Kirishima and Mt. Shinmo...
Jun 30, 2011 Local News
DBJ Cites Two Fukuoka Buildings for Design
The Development Bank of Japan has a program of certifying so-called Green Buildings that uses 58 categories to examine their reduction of the environmental burden and designs that ...
Jun 30, 2011 Local News
Kyushu Construction Industry Revenue at 22-Year Low
The Fukuoka branch of Tokyo Shokoh Research released their rankings for revenue in the Kyushu/Okinawa Prefecture construction industry in calendar year 2010. A total of 85 companie...
Jun 30, 2011 Local News
New Rare Earth Metal Recovery Business for Kitakyushu
Resource recycling company Nippon Magnetic Dressing Co. announced they will launch a business in Kitakyushu for recovering rare earth metals and precious metals from discarded elec...
Jun 30, 2011 Local News
Oldest Retail Store in Kyushu to Go Out of Business
The oldest retail establishment in Kyushu, the Kawaguchi Bunten food store of Goto-machi, Nagasaki Prefecture, has applied for bankruptcy. The store’s forerunner, which manufacture...
Jun 30, 2011 Local News
Kyushu Construction Industry Revenue at 22-Year Low
The Fukuoka branch of Tokyo Shokoh Research released their rankings for revenue in the Kyushu/Okinawa Prefecture construction industry in calendar year 2010. A total of 85 companie...
Jun 30, 2011 Local News
New Rare Earth Metal Recovery Business for Kitakyushu
Resource recycling company Nippon Magnetic Dressing Co. announced they will launch a business in Kitakyushu for recovering rare earth metals and precious metals from discarded elec...
Jun 30, 2011 Local News
Oldest Retail Store in Kyushu to Go Out of Business
The oldest retail establishment in Kyushu, the Kawaguchi Bunten food store of Goto-machi, Nagasaki Prefecture, has applied for bankruptcy. The store’s forerunner, which manufacture...
Jun 30, 2011 Local News
Toyota Kyushu Plant Cited as One of the World’s Best
As a result of a review of 142 auto production plants worldwide, the global marketing information services firm J.D. Power and Associates has given the Toyota Kyushu #2 line in Miy...