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Jul 8, 2010 Local News
First Dinosaur Fossil Discovered in Nagasaki
A team from the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum announced the discovery of the fossilized joint of the left femur of a hadrosaurus, an herbaceous dinosaur that lived in late Cret...
Jul 8, 2010 Local News
Six Kyushu Governors Average 20.99 Million Yen in Annual Income
Excluding the governor of Nagasaki Prefecture, the average income for the other six Kyushu governors in 2009 was 20.99 million yen. The highest income was earned by Miyazaki Prefec...
Jul 8, 2010 Local News
Traffic Volume up 1.76 Times on Free Kyushu Expressways
A survey one week after tolls were removed on 13 sections of expressways in Kyushu shows that traffic volume had increased by 1.76 times. In addition, there were traffic jams more ...
Jul 8, 2010 Local News
State of Emergency Partially Lifted in Miyazaki
Miyazaki Prefecture Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru announced the partial lifting of the state of emergency declared to cope with the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease among cattle and...
Jul 8, 2010 Local News
First Halfway House in Nation Admits Seven Back to Society in One Year
A Ministry of Justice-operated halfway house for people released from prison in Kitakyushu, the first of its kind in the nation, marked its first anniversary last week. The facilit...
Jul 8, 2010 Local News
Rise in Visitor Totals Reported at Kyushu Theme Parks
An association for the promotion of Kyushu theme parks found that visitor totals increased in six of the 10 major regional facilities in FY 2009. This was attributed to the discoun...
Jul 8, 2010 Local News
Kagoshima Gov. Issues Admonition to Akune Mayor
Kagoshima Gov. Yuichiro Ito has issued an admonition to Akune Mayor Shinichi Takemura recommending that a city council session be convened in the ongoing dispute in that city over ...
Jul 8, 2010 Local News
Returns of Unused Policy Research Funds Soar in Kumamoto Prefecture
Kumamoto Prefecture last year began requiring prefectural council delegates to provide receipts for all expenditures of the policy research funds it provides. The prefectural gover...
Jul 8, 2010 Local News
RDF Power Plant Turns First Profit
Omuta Recycle Hatsuden, a public-private sector partnership in Omuta for producing refuse derived fuel, posted a profit of 105 million yen, it was announced. It was the first-ever ...
Jul 1, 2010 Local News
K-RIP Promotes Environmental Ties with Shandong Province
The Kyushu Recycle and Environmental Industry Plaza in Fukuoka City, an organization consisting of representatives of government, industry, and academia, signed a memorandum with S...