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Jan 27, 2011 Local News
Avian Flu in Miyazaki
Miyazaki Prefecture announced that the results of a test of 36 chickens that died on a local farm showed that six were positive for avian flu. After the infection was confirmed, al...
Jan 27, 2011 Local News
Kyushu Electric Agrees to Buy LNG from Indonesia
Kyushu Electric Power Co signed a basic agreement with PT Donggi-Senoro LNG of Indonesia to buy 300,000 tons of liquefied natural gas every year for about 13 years starting in the ...
Jan 27, 2011 Local News
First Freight Flight between Kitakyushu and Australia
The Kitakyushu Airport, which is aiming to become a regional freight handling center, recently accepted a charter freight flight from Sydney, Australia, with about 350 year-old cal...
Jan 27, 2011 Local News
JAL to Cut Flights From Fukuoka to Miyazaki and Kagoshima
JAL released details of its schedule plan for FY 2011, which includes a reduction in flights between Fukuoka, Miyazaki, and Kagoshima. JAL will reduce from five to three the number...
Jan 27, 2011 Local News
84 Tenants New to Kyushu in Hakata Station Building
JR Kyushu announced the roster of 229 shops that will occupy the new Hakata Station building that will open in March with the debut of the Kyushu Shinkansen. Of these, 84, or more ...
Jan 27, 2011 Local News
Nanosatellite Testing Center Opens at KIT
The Center for Nanosatellite Testing, a facility for conducting trials with artificial satellites no larger than 50 centimeters in diameter and weighing less than 50 kilograms, has...
Jan 27, 2011 Local News
Hawks to Broadcast Camp on Internet
The Fukuoka Softbank Hawks announced plans to broadcast live on the Internet the activities at their spring training camp that will begin in Miyazaki Prefecture on February 1. The ...
Jan 27, 2011 Local News
Kitakyushu Airport Passenger Totals Back to 1.2 Million Level
The number of passengers using the Kitakyushu Airport in 2010 totaled 1.205 million, the first time the 1.2 million level had been reached in two years. The total represented a 3.6...
Jan 27, 2011 Local News
Mizutaki Chain Plans to Expand to China
Torizen Foods of Fukuoka City, operators of the Hakata Hanamidori restaurant chain specializing in mizutaki, a type of chicken casserole, announced plans to open several restaurant...
Jan 27, 2011 Local News
Canycom Factory to Begin Operation in China This Spring
Canycom, an Ukiha, Fukuoka Prefecture manufacturer of agricultural equipment, plans to begin operation of a new plant in China’s Jiangsu Province this spring. The plant will chiefl...