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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 ...
Aug 12, 2010 Local News
Rice Harvest Forecast for Most of Kyushu: Somewhat Poor
Rice Databank of Tokyo offered their forecasts for this year’s rice crop nationwide, which gave the national average a score of 102. In contrast, six Kyushu prefectures were rated ...
Aug 12, 2010 Local News
NIU, HTB to Establish East Asia Tourism Strategy Research Institute
The Huis ten Bosch resort in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, and Nagasaki International University announced they have agreed to jointly establish the East Asia Tourism Strategy Resea...
Aug 12, 2010 Local News
JAL Outsources Regional Airport Services to Nishitetsu Group
Japan Airlines, which is currently undergoing reorganization, has outsourced its ground support operations at airports in Kumamoto, Miyazaki, and Ube (Yamaguchi) to the Nishi-Nippo...
Aug 12, 2010 Local News
Kyushu Municipalities Lagging in Home Visits to Detect Child Abuse
The Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare has asked municipalities nationwide to visit the homes of all families with infants in their jurisdiction to check for possible cases of ...
Aug 12, 2010 Local News
Fan Shells Dying in Large Amounts in Ariake Sea
The tairagi fan shells are one of the special products of the Ariake Sea, and last year there was a bumper harvest, the first in 13 years. This year, however, the Saga Prefecture A...
Aug 12, 2010 Local News
Capital Investment Expected to Rise First Time in Three Years
The Kyushu branch of the Development Bank of Japan announced the results of its survey of the planned capital investments in Kyushu by medium-sized and large companies in 2010. Thi...
Aug 12, 2010 Local News
Mitsui High-Tec Projects Third Straight Loss
Kitakyushu-based Mitsui High-Tec revised downward its earnings forecast for the year ending January 2011 from a projected current profit of three billion yen to a loss of one billi...
