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Jun 30, 2011 Local News
Ostrich Producer Organization Formed
Ostrich producers in Kagoshima Prefecture have formed an organization and settled on a location for their headquarters. According to the Japan Ostrich Industry Network (JOIN), full...
Jun 30, 2011 Local News
IT Company to Grow Tomatoes in Oita
Tokyo-based Actis, which develops software for cell phones, signed an agreement with the city of Takeda in Oita Prefecture to grow tomatoes and other produce in that city. The comp...
Jun 30, 2011 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture Uses Earth Temperature Differentials for Heating and Air Conditioning
Fukuoka Prefecture has installed “earth heat pumps”, which use seasonal differentials in earth temperature for heating and air conditioning, in about 40 households in the city of F...
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 23, 2011 Local News
Same-Store Department Store Sales in Fukuoka City Down More than 10%
The Japan Department Stores Association reports that same-store department store sales in Fukuoka City for May were down 12.1% from the year-before period, the 34th straight monthl...
Jun 23, 2011 Local News
Greater Choices for Fukuoka – Haneda Flights Next Month
The Kitakyushu-based airline Starflyer will begin offering five daily roundtrips between Fukuoka Airport and Haneda in Tokyo on July 1, which will bring to four the number of carri...
Jun 23, 2011 Local News
Kyushu Electric Losing Customers to Alternatives
Kyushu Electric Power revealed that new entrants into the power supply industry had been able to capture a total of 1,619 power supply contracts from the utility as of April 1. It ...
Jun 23, 2011 Local News
Free Ring Route Bus Service Starts in Miyawaka
Transport company Seishin Butsuryu, based in Miyawaka, Fukuoka Prefecture, began operation of a free bus service that shuttles between area supermarkets. The objective is to provid...