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May 26, 2011 Local News
New Route for Beetle
JR Kyushu Jet Ferry, which operates the Beetle jetfoils between Fukuoka City and Busan, South Korea, announced they will operate a route to Yeosu from May to August next year to co...
May 26, 2011 Local News
Kitakyushu to Invest 2 Billion Yen in Energy Conservation
When City Council convenes, the city of Kitakyushu will introduce legislation to allocate two billion yen to provide low-interest financing to companies that adopt low-carbon, ener...
May 26, 2011 Local News
Seven Kyushu University Hospitals to Provide Counseling for Tohoku Earthquake Survivors
Seven Kyushu university hospitals with clinical psychology wards will create a network to provide free psychological counseling for the survivors of the Tohoku earthquake who have ...
May 26, 2011 Local News
Saga Prefectural Assembly Doubts Genkai Plant’s Earthquake Resistance
The Saga Prefectural Assembly convened a study group with all members present to discuss the safety of the Genkai nuclear power plant with Kyushu Electric Power Vice-President Mamo...
May 26, 2011 Local News
Estimates for Nagasaki Shinkansen Construction Costs Rise 10%
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport revised upward by 10% their estimate for the construction costs of three areas of the Nagasaki Shinkansen line where constructio...
May 26, 2011 Local News
Nippon Steel Chemical to License Technology to Dalian Shipbuilders
The Kitakyushu Asian Center for a Low Carbon Society, which promotes the sales of Japanese environmental technology abroad, announced that Nippon Steel Chemical of Tokyo will licen...
May 26, 2011 Local News
Hydrogen Fuel Cell Scooter Trials Start in Kitakyushu
Suzuki and Nippon Steel began trials of a hydrogen fuel cell scooter, using hydrogen generated at Nippon Steel’s Yahata refinery, in Kitakyushu. It is the first trial in Japan of a...
May 26, 2011 Local News
Christian Burial Ground Discovered in Oita
The city of Usuki in Oita Prefecture announced the discovery of one of the largest Christian burial grounds in the country. The grounds were used from roughly 1580 to 1610, which c...
May 26, 2011 Local News
New Container Route to U.S. for Port of Hakata
Maersk of Denmark, the world’s largest container shipping company, began operating a new container ship route between the Port of Hakata and North America. According to Fukuoka Cit...
May 26, 2011 Local News
Kyushu Electric to Ask for 15% Power Savings
Kyushu Electric Power President Toshio Manabe said at a press conference that he would ask all consumers, including factories, office buildings, and general households, to cut powe...