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Dec 4, 2008 Local News
Kyushu Electric to Participate in Emissions Trading Scheme
Kyushu Electric Power President Toshio Manabe revealed on the 27th that the utility would participate in Japan’s voluntary carbon emissions trading scheme for reducing greenhouse g...
Dec 4, 2008 Local News
Kyushu Exports Plunge 8.3% in October
Moji Customs announced that the value of October exports from the Kyushu region, which includes Yamaguchi and Okinawa prefectures, fell 8.3% from the year-before period to 676.1 bi...
Dec 4, 2008 Local News
Development of Nagasaki Islands Lagging
Six years ago, Oshima-cho in Saikai, Nagasaki Prefecture, spent more than 30 million yen to buy two uninhabited islands in the prefecture with the intention of building a health re...
Dec 4, 2008 Local News
Kagoshima Bank and Kagoshima University to Develop Software
Kagoshima Bank and Kagoshima University have announced the start of a joint project to develop software for farmers and agricultural companies. The software will provide comprehens...
Dec 4, 2008 Local News
UAE Defers Halal Designation for Saga Beef
Saga Prefecture has been working to export Saga-brand beef to Middle Eastern countries, and the greatest obstacle has involved the certification of the special processing methods r...
Dec 4, 2008 Local News
Toyota Kyushu to Briefly Suspend Production
Toyota Motors announced it would suspend production of its luxury Lexis and other models at some lines at its Aichi and Fukuoka plants on the 24th and 25th this month. The step, wh...
Dec 4, 2008 Local News
Oita Institute Develops New Method to Decompose Oil from SpillsOita Institute Develops New Method to Decompose Oil from Spills
The Oita Industrial Research Institute in Oita City has developed a method to decompose oil in the seas using a fertilizer made from tree bark and farm animal dung. One advantage t...
Dec 4, 2008 Local News
Kyushu Electric to Participate in Emissions Trading Scheme
Kyushu Electric Power President Toshio Manabe revealed on the 27th that the utility would participate in Japan’s voluntary carbon emissions trading scheme for reducing greenhouse g...
Dec 4, 2008 Local News
Kyushu Exports Plunge 8.3% in October
Moji Customs announced that the value of October exports from the Kyushu region, which includes Yamaguchi and Okinawa prefectures, fell 8.3% from the year-before period to 676.1 bi...
Dec 4, 2008 Local News
Conference Held to Promote Fukuoka Tourism in Busan
A conference was held in the municipal offices of Busan, South Korea, to devise strategies using the higher yen and lower won to promote tourism in South Korea. Participating were ...
