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Aug 19, 2010 Local News
Formal Date of Service for Kyushu Shinkansen Undecided
Businesses and others with an interest in the opening of the Kyushu route of the Shinkansen are beginning to wonder when the formal opening date will be. JR Kyushu says only that i...
Aug 19, 2010 Local News
Mutual Use of JR Kyushu, JR Central IC Cards Slated for Next Spring
JR Kyushu and JR Central announced that the use of its contactless payment cards Sugoca and Toica will be allowed on each other’s systems next spring. JR Central will be the third ...
Aug 19, 2010 Local News
Kyushu University Business School to Open in New Hakata Station Building
All classes at the Kyushu University Business School will be conducted at the new Hakata Station Building starting next spring. One objective is to attract a broader range of stude...
Aug 19, 2010 Local News
Kagoshima City Aquarium First in Country to Propagate Sea Pen Coral
The Kagoshima City Aquarium has received an award from the Japan Association of Zoos and Aquariums for its successful propagation of a type of coral known as a sea pen. The award i...
Aug 19, 2010 Local News
Decline in Regional Companies with 10 Billion Yen in Sales
The Fukuoka Branch of Tokyo Shoko Research released its ranking of the Kyushu-Okinawa companies with 10 billion yen in sales on a non-consolidated basis in 2009. There were 597 of ...
Aug 19, 2010 Local News
NEECO to Operate Biomass Power Generation Project in India
Kyushu Electric Power subsidiary Nishinippon Environmental Energy Co. of Fukuoka City will begin a biomass power generation project using chicken manure in India in 2011, the compa...
Aug 19, 2010 Local News
Port of Hakata Foreign Freight Handling Showing Signs of Comeback
Reflecting the strong growth in China and other Asian countries, the Port of Hakata is showing signs of recovery in international freight handled. The port was not selected to be o...
Aug 19, 2010 Local News
Eco Water Bus Trials Conducted in Fukuoka City
Town Kompas, a Fukuoka City-based NPO, is conducting trials of a water bus in the city powered by biodiesel fuel refined from used vegetable oil leftover from cooking tempura and o...
Aug 19, 2010 Local News
New Type of Electric Bus to Debut in Kitakyushu
Kitakyushu will be the first city in the country to operate a new type of electric bus that is recharged without direct connections and uses IT to forecast demand. Called an on-dem...
Aug 12, 2010 Local News
Fukuoka University Opens Haerbin Office
Fukuoka University announced it has opened its first overseas office in Haerbin, China. The objective is to promote the school among prospective students from China. Most Japanese ...