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Apr 30, 2009 Local News
Fuji-cho to Become Information Village
Saga Prefecture has designated Fuji-cho to be the model district in its “information village” program to use information and communications technology for local development. The ob...
Apr 30, 2009 Local News
Brakes Applied to Kyushu Shopping Center Expansion
Brakes Applied to Kyushu Shopping Center Expansion Regional shopping center developers Aeon and the Izumi Group have begun applying the brakes to the opening of new commercial faci...
Apr 30, 2009 Local News
Saga Prefecture Now 100% Broadband Capable
Saga Prefecture became the first of Kyushu’s prefectures to be fully broadband capable at the end of March, according to the prefectural government. The coverage now includes Fuji-...
Apr 30, 2009 Local News
Nishi-Nippon City Bank in Joint Financing of Kagoshima Cancer Facility
The Fukuoka-based Nishi-Nippon City Bank and seven other financial institutions announced they will provide a total of four billion yen in financing to the Medipolis Medical Resear...
Apr 30, 2009 Local News
Tamana Clam Industry Threatened
A large increase in the amount of Ulva pertusa algae (anaaosa in Japanese) in the Ariake Sea off Tamana, Kumamoto Prefecture, is covering the tidelands that are the habitat of loca...
Apr 30, 2009 Local News
Development Bank of Japan Signs Agreement with Oita City
The Development Bank of Japan signed an agreement with Oita City to form a partnership and provide advice on urban development, the promotion of industry, and other aspects of the ...
Apr 30, 2009 Local News
Museum Breaks Yoshinogari Treasures
The Shiga Prefecture Azuchi Castle Archaeological Museum revealed that a museum employee dropped some blue glass tubular beads it had borrowed from the Yoshinogari historical site ...
Apr 23, 2009 Local News
Kyushu Electric to Combine Solar and Wind Power
Kyushu Electric Power will conduct its first trial for supplying electricity through a combination of solar power and wind power stored in lithium ion batteries. The trial will tak...
Apr 23, 2009 Local News
BOJ: Kyushu Economy Drastically Worsening
The Bank of Japan released its quarterly report, commonly known as the Sakura Report, on economic conditions in Japan broken down by region. In January, the prognosis for the Kyush...
Apr 23, 2009 Local News
Three Kyushu Municipalities “Model Environmental Cities”
The national government has designated Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Minamata, Kumamoto Prefecture; and Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture as model environmental cities. The joint pr...