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Apr 14, 2008 Local News
Shared Taxi Service to Saga Airport Begins
A group consisting of 90 organizations in Saga and Fukuoka prefectures promoting the use of Saga Airport has begun the trial operation of an inexpensive shared taxi service between...
Apr 14, 2008 Local News
Fukuoka City Produce Wholesaler Signs Ex-Im Agreement with Taiwanese Company
Fukuoka Dydo Seika Co., Kyushu’s largest produce wholesaler, has signed an export-import agreement with a Taiwanese wholesaler of agricultural products, it was announced. This is t...
Apr 14, 2008 Local News
Kyushu’s MLIT Allocation Halved from Previous Year
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport revealed that its annual allocation this year to the Kyushu region for overall project expenditures would, for the present, be 5...
Apr 14, 2008 Local News
Okinawa Shogaku High School Team Wins Invitational Baseball Tournament
The Okinawa Shogaku High School boys’ baseball team trounced the squad from Seibo Gakuen High School in Saitama Prefecture 9-0 to win the 80th annual national high school invitatio...
Apr 14, 2008 Local News
Vending Machine Recycling Facilities Begin Operation
Fukuoka City-based Coca-Cola West Holdings held a ceremony marking the start of operations of their recycling facilities for discarded vending machines at a plant in Eco-Town in Ki...
Apr 14, 2008 Local News
Kyushu Electric to Revise Fees to Purchase Privately Generated Electricity
Kyushu Electric Power announced a sweeping reevaluation of the fees it pays for privately generated surplus power using solar generators. At present, they have eight different fee ...
Apr 14, 2008 Local News
Mounting Concerns that Kyushu’s Climate Will Become Subtropical
The Nishinippon Shimbun reports concerns are growing that Kyushu will become a de facto subtropical island due to climate change. As signs of the possible change, the newspaper cit...
Apr 14, 2008 Local News
Kyushu National Museum Buys Mask Collection
The Kyushu National Museum has purchased the collection of ceremonial masks from a private collector in Saito, Miyazaki Prefecture. There are 90 masks in the collection, with indiv...
Apr 3, 2008 Local News
Kitakyushu to Commercialize Governmental Reforms
The city of Kitakyushu, which is developing a computer system to integrate operations at ward offices, revealed that it is planning to package that system with its expertise in per...
Apr 3, 2008 Local News
Nagasaki Promoting Return of Natives to Prefecture
Nagasaki Prefecture has signed an agreement with a prefectural association involved with housing construction to provide information on housing to Nagasaki natives living elsewhere...
