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Apr 10, 2009 Local News
NTT DoCoMo Kyushu Unveils New Cell Phone Products
The Kyushu branch of NTT DoCoMo in Fukuoka City opened its remodeled Mobile View Docomo, a showroom designed for corporate customers. The showroom displays new cell phone products ...
Apr 10, 2009 Local News
History of Dazaifu Shrine Published
A local society in Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture, has published an 8-volume encyclopedia on the 1,200-year history of the Dazaifu Shinto shrine. The encyclopedia was written entirely...
Apr 10, 2009 Local News
New Vehicle Registrations Fall for Sixth Straight Year
The Fukuoka Prefecture Automobile Dealers Association has compiled a report for new vehicle registrations in the seven Kyushu prefectures for FY 2008 that shows registrations fell ...
Apr 10, 2009 Local News
Cyber University to Require Photo IDs
Cyber University of Fukuoka City, the only four-year university in the country that offers all its courses on-line and conducts no classroom instruction, will require all students ...
Apr 10, 2009 Local News
Nagasaki’s Seiho High Wins Spring Baseball Tourney
Seiho High School of Saza-cho, Nagasaki Prefecture, defeated Hanamakihigashi High School of Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, 1-0 to win the 81st national invitational high school boy’s ...
Apr 10, 2009 Local News
FDA to Fly Shizuoka-Kumamoto, Kagoshima Routes in July
Fuji Dream Airlines, a Shizuoka Airport-based regional airline company slated to begin service in June, announced its intention to begin roundtrip service to Kumamoto and Kagoshima...
Apr 10, 2009 Local News
Fukuoka, Saga Companies Not Looking to Hire Foreigners
Fukuoka City-based employment agency ACR Career Supply released the results of its survey on the hiring policies of Fukuoka and Saga prefecture companies. The survey showed that ro...
Apr 10, 2009 Local News
Kyushu Electric to Use 1,000 Electric Cars
Kyushu Electric Power will increase to 1,000 the number of electric automobiles it uses for business by FY 2020, it was learned. These will include plug-in hybrid cars, which combi...
Apr 10, 2009 Local News
Cyber University to Require Photo IDs
Cyber University of Fukuoka City, the only four-year university in the country that offers all its courses on-line and conducts no classroom instruction, will require all students ...
Apr 10, 2009 Local News
Nagasaki’s Seiho High Wins Spring Baseball Tourney
Seiho High School of Saza-cho, Nagasaki Prefecture, defeated Hanamakihigashi High School of Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, 1-0 to win the 81st national invitational high school boy’s ...