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Oct 15, 2009 Local News
Indian Mongoose Confirmed in Kagoshima City
DNA testing has revealed that the six live mongooses and remains of one dead mongoose recovered in Kagoshima City are the Indian mongoose. This is the first time the presence of th...
Oct 15, 2009 Local News
Fukuoka Prefectural Assembly Passes Anti-Gang Measure
The Fukuoka Prefectural Assembly unanimously passed a measure to strengthening its control over criminal gang activity. The bill prohibits enterprises from distributing their profi...
Oct 15, 2009 Local News
Miyazaki Microbrew Wins Second National Award
Hideji, a microbrew produced in Nobeoka, Miyazaki Prefecture, has won its second national award in beer competitions. It received its most recent gold medal in the International Be...
Oct 15, 2009 Local News
Miyazaki and Kagoshima Municipalities Form Independent District
Miyakonojo and Mimata-cho in Miyazaki Prefecture, and So’o and Shibushi in Kagoshima Prefecture, have created an independent district across prefectural boundaries in accordance wi...
Oct 15, 2009 Local News
Miyazaki Microbrew Wins Second National Award
Hideji, a microbrew produced in Nobeoka, Miyazaki Prefecture, has won its second national award in beer competitions. It received its most recent gold medal in the International Be...
Oct 15, 2009 Local News
Miyazaki and Kagoshima Municipalities Form Independent District
Miyakonojo and Mimata-cho in Miyazaki Prefecture, and So’o and Shibushi in Kagoshima Prefecture, have created an independent district across prefectural boundaries in accordance wi...
Oct 15, 2009 Local News
Nine Northern Kyushu Junior Colleges Form Consortium
Nine junior colleges in Fukuoka, Saga, and Nagasaki prefecture formed the Junior College Consortium Kyushu this week to improve their educational services. The schools hope to impr...
Oct 15, 2009 Local News
MLIT’s Budget Cuts to Impact Kyushu
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport released information on the projects it plans to cut or reduce from the supplemental budget for 2009. Several of these will have...
Oct 15, 2009 Local News
Sasebo Mulls Plan for Huis ten Bosch Resort
Seeking for a solution to the financial difficulties of the Huis ten Bosch resort in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, the city has come up with a proposal in which it would assume owne...
Oct 15, 2009 Local News
Nagasaki Company to Sell Wireless System for Hotel Rooms
Nagasaki City-based telecommunications company Kyushu Furusato Keitai Service began sales of Ryohnet, an Internet service in which the company will rent wireless telecommunications...