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Sep 2, 2010 Local News
Center Develops New Electric Wheelchair
The Veda International Robot R&D Center of Munekata, Fukuoka Prefecture, has developed a new electric wheelchair very convenient for the elderly. It is now at the prototype st...
Sep 2, 2010 Local News
Miyazaki Hoof-and-Mouth Disease Epidemic Declared Over
Miyazaki Prefecture Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru declared the hoof-and-mouth epidemic that ravaged his prefecture for more than four months had ended. The prefecture has just finishe...
Sep 2, 2010 Local News
Daiichi Kotsu Sangyo to Accept Taxi Payment in E-money
Daiichi Kotsu Sangyo, which operates roughly 1,000 taxicabs in both Fukuoka City and Kitakyushu, announced it will start installing equipment in the cabs on September 15 to allow d...
Sep 2, 2010 Local News
National Income Tax Receipts Down in Kyushu for Third Straight Year
The Fukuoka and Kumamoto Regional Taxation Bureaus announced the status of national tax receipts in Kyushu for FY 2009. The aggregate total for the seven prefectures was 2.5065 tri...
Sep 2, 2010 Local News
Miyazaki Hoof-and-Mouth Disease Epidemic Declared Over
Miyazaki Prefecture Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru declared the hoof-and-mouth epidemic that ravaged his prefecture for more than four months had ended. The prefecture has just finishe...
Sep 2, 2010 Local News
Daiichi Kotsu Sangyo to Accept Taxi Payment in E-money
Daiichi Kotsu Sangyo, which operates roughly 1,000 taxicabs in both Fukuoka City and Kitakyushu, announced it will start installing equipment in the cabs on September 15 to allow d...
Sep 2, 2010 Local News
National Income Tax Receipts Down in Kyushu for Third Straight Year
The Fukuoka and Kumamoto Regional Taxation Bureaus announced the status of national tax receipts in Kyushu for FY 2009. The aggregate total for the seven prefectures was 2.5065 tri...
Sep 2, 2010 Local News
Solaria Plaza to Reopen after Remodeling
Solaria Plaza, the Tenjin shopping complex operated by Nishi Nippon Railroad (Nishitetsu), is set to reopen on September 10 after extensive remodeling. The facility targets women a...
Sep 2, 2010 Local News
School for Yakitori to Open in Kurume
The Kurume Yakitori Cultural Promotion Association of Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, which has the largest number of yakitori shops per capita in Japan, plans to begin offering instru...
Sep 2, 2010 Local News
Akune City Council Convenes as Dispute with Mayor Continues
Mayor Takehara Shinichi of Akune, Kagoshima Prefecture, is embroiled in a long-running dispute with City Council over city governance issues. Chief among them is his decision to sh...
