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Aug 26, 2010 Local News
Korea Air Express to Start Charter Service Between Busan and Goto
Korea Air Express, a South Korean commuter airline, announced that it was moving ahead with plans to launch a charter service between Busan, South Korea, and Goto, Nagasaki Prefect...
Aug 26, 2010 Local News
Kitakyushu to Prohibit Smoking in Municipal Buildings Next January
The city of Kitakyushu announced that it will prohibit smoking in 21 municipal buildings next January, including City Hall and the City Council building. It will then become the fi...
Aug 26, 2010 Local News
Highway Company Urges People to Take the Train
Extensive reconstruction is underway on a 210-meter bridge between the Dazaifu and Chikushino interchanges on the Kyushu Expressway. To relieve congestion, the highways operators, ...
Aug 26, 2010 Local News
Shortage of Farm Animal Veterinarians in Kyushu
The shortage of farm animal veterinarians is becoming acute, reports the Nishinippon Shimbun. In recent years, most students in the field have been gravitating to practice with pet...
Aug 26, 2010 Local News
Kyushu Electric Uses Superconducting Materials to Create New Transformer
Kyushu Electric is involved in a project to develop a new type of transformer using superconducting materials. They announced they are the first in the world to conduct successful ...
Aug 26, 2010 Local News
Solar Generating System to be Installed at Fukuoka Airport Terminal
Kyushu Electric Power subsidiary Kyuden Ecosol announced that it will install a solar power generating system at the Fukuoka Airport next year. They will also be responsible for th...
Aug 26, 2010 Local News
Only 40% of Kyushu Schools have Required Librarian
Of the 4,200 public primary and junior high schools in the seven prefectures of Kyushu, roughly 40% were staffed with a librarian. This is far below the national average of roughly...
Aug 26, 2010 Local News
Group Established for Smart Grid Trials in Kitakyushu
A conference consisting of 46 groups from industry, academia, and government held their first meeting to discuss trials of a smart grid in Kitakyushu, the only Kyushu city selected...
Aug 26, 2010 Local News
Use of Free Gauge Trains on Nagasaki Shinkansen Leg Problematical
Plans had called for the use of a gauge change train, also called a free gauge train, on the Nagasaki route of the Shinkansen, but that is proving difficult. The train would have v...
Aug 26, 2010 Local News
New LNG Company to be Established in Yatsushiro
Kyushu Gas of Nagasaki Prefecture, Nippon Gas of Kagoshima, and Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. of Tokyo (JAPEX) announced they will create this year a new company named Kumamoto M...
