Local News
- TOP
- Local News
Search by Keywords
Jan 9, 2009 Local News
Sasebo Plans on Issuing Shopping Coupons
In an effort to boost local consumption and promote retail business, the city of Sasebo plans to issue shopping coupons. The impetus will be the stimulus package that the national ...
Jan 9, 2009 Local News
Tax Revenue Shortfall for Six Regional Prefectures
A Kyodo news agency questionnaire on prefectural tax revenues for business year 2008 shows that 40 prefectures nationwide will not have as much revenue from taxes as they anticipat...
Jan 9, 2009 Local News
Kyushu Ryukoku Junior College Offers Video and Broadcast Course
The Kyushu Ryukoku Junior College of Tosu, Saga Prefecture, became the first junior college in Kyushu to offer a course in video and broadcasting 10 months ago. The 12 students in ...
Jan 9, 2009 Local News
Kumamoto Prefecture to Hold Water Strategy Council
Kumamoto Prefecture has an abundant supply of high quality underground water rich in minerals owing to the subsoil water flows in the Aso mountain range. To better employ this wate...
Jan 9, 2009 Local News
Saga Prefecture Putting Chips in Driver’s LicensesSaga Prefecture Putting Chips in Driver’s Licenses
Saga Prefecture began issuing driver’s licenses on the 4th with embedded memory chips, turning them into smart cards. The objective is to prevent counterfeiting and protect persona...
Jan 9, 2009 Local News
Saga Prefecture to Establish Consumer Affairs Bureau
To respond to the recent rise in shady business practices and falsified food labeling, Saga Prefecture is moving ahead with plans to establish a new consumer affairs bureau in the ...
Jan 9, 2009 Local News
Fukuoka City NPO Authorized to Resolve Condo Disputes
The Ministry of Justice has authorized a non-profit organization for the management of Fukuoka condominiums, known as Fukukanren, to act as an alternative dispute resolution organi...
Jan 9, 2009 Local News
Remodeling Fukuoka City Commercial Complexes
Work is going full steam ahead on remodeling commercial properties in Fukuoka City’s Hakata and Tenjin districts to prepare for the opening of the Kyushu leg of the Shinkansen in 2...
Jan 9, 2009 Local News
Rare Metals Adsorbed with Fruit Rinds
A team of researchers at Saga University announced they have developed an adsorption agent made with materials from fruit rinds and old paper capable of the selective recovery of p...
Jan 9, 2009 Local News
New Produce Market/Restaurant Zone Planned for Island City
Fukuoka City revealed plans to establish what it called a “Nigiwai Zone” on Island City, an artificial island in the city’s Hakata Ward, with a new produce market, an area selling ...
