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Dec 2, 2010 Local News
Voluntary Cutbacks in Taxi Fleets Not Progressing
The downturn in taxicab passengers led to an initiative in five districts in Fukuoka Prefecture in 2009 for the industry to voluntarily reduce or idle its fleet by 1,500 excess cab...
Dec 2, 2010 Local News
Car Rental Business for Asian Tourists Planned
Fukuoka City-based Dream Interface will team up with Shinidemitsu Budget Rent & Lease Co. in a car rental business next spring for Asian visitors to Kyushu who are not traveli...
Dec 2, 2010 Local News
Kyushu Electric Subsidiary Takes Stake in Indian Renewable Energy Company
Kyuden International, a subsidiary of the Kyushu Electric Power utility company, announced it has created a new renewable energy company in India in partnership with NTPC, India’s ...
Dec 2, 2010 Local News
90% Diffusion Ratio for Terrestrial Digital Receivers in Kyushu
A survey by the Kyushu Bureau of Telecommunications has found the diffusion rate of televisions and other receivers for terrestrial digital broadcasts as of the end of September ha...
Dec 2, 2010 Local News
Solar Power Lighting to be Used for Highway Tunnel
A solar power lighting system will be used to illuminate a tunnel on the East Kyushu Expressway in Hyuga, Miyazaki Prefecture starting December 4. A transition zone system will be ...
Dec 2, 2010 Local News
Avispa Fukuoka Promoted to J1 League
Avispa Fukuoka, which finished in third place in soccer’s J2 league, defeated FC Gifu 2-0 while the league’s fourth-place team lost, thereby earning the Fukuoka team promotion to t...
Dec 2, 2010 Local News
90% Diffusion Ratio for Terrestrial Digital Receivers in Kyushu
A survey by the Kyushu Bureau of Telecommunications has found the diffusion rate of televisions and other receivers for terrestrial digital broadcasts as of the end of September ha...
Dec 2, 2010 Local News
Solar Power Lighting to be Used for Highway Tunnel
A solar power lighting system will be used to illuminate a tunnel on the East Kyushu Expressway in Hyuga, Miyazaki Prefecture starting December 4. A transition zone system will be ...
Dec 2, 2010 Local News
Avispa Fukuoka Promoted to J1 League
Avispa Fukuoka, which finished in third place in soccer’s J2 league, defeated FC Gifu 2-0 while the league’s fourth-place team lost, thereby earning the Fukuoka team promotion to t...
Dec 2, 2010 Local News
Kyushu Location Set for Chinese TV Drama
China’s state-run broadcaster CCTV plans to start filming in different Kyushu locations for a remake of The Psychotic Woman, a popular drama in Japan and South Korea, for nationwid...
