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Apr 14, 2008 Local News
Vending Machine Recycling Facilities Begin Operation
Fukuoka City-based Coca-Cola West Holdings held a ceremony marking the start of operations of their recycling facilities for discarded vending machines at a plant in Eco-Town in Ki...
Apr 14, 2008 Local News
Kyushu Electric to Revise Fees to Purchase Privately Generated Electricity
Kyushu Electric Power announced a sweeping reevaluation of the fees it pays for privately generated surplus power using solar generators. At present, they have eight different fee ...
Apr 14, 2008 Local News
Mounting Concerns that Kyushu’s Climate Will Become Subtropical
The Nishinippon Shimbun reports concerns are growing that Kyushu will become a de facto subtropical island due to climate change. As signs of the possible change, the newspaper cit...
Apr 14, 2008 Local News
Kyushu National Museum Buys Mask Collection
The Kyushu National Museum has purchased the collection of ceremonial masks from a private collector in Saito, Miyazaki Prefecture. There are 90 masks in the collection, with indiv...
Apr 3, 2008 Local News
Kitakyushu to Commercialize Governmental Reforms
The city of Kitakyushu, which is developing a computer system to integrate operations at ward offices, revealed that it is planning to package that system with its expertise in per...
Apr 3, 2008 Local News
Nagasaki Promoting Return of Natives to Prefecture
Nagasaki Prefecture has signed an agreement with a prefectural association involved with housing construction to provide information on housing to Nagasaki natives living elsewhere...
Apr 3, 2008 Local News
Higashi Kyushu Ryukoku Girls Win National Volleyball Title
The girls’ volleyball team of Higashi Kyushu Ryukoku High School in Oita downed Furukawa Gakuen of Miyagi Prefecture to win the national invitational high school volleyball champio...
Apr 3, 2008 Local News
Western Kyushu Shinkansen Route Approved
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport approved the construction plans for the western leg of the Kyushu Shinkansen route. Plans call for a groundbreaking ceremony to ...
Apr 3, 2008 Local News
Sasebo Lifts Water Rationing System
The city of Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, decided to lift the water rationing system it had in place since last November as the result of a water shortage. The frequent rainfall sin...
Apr 3, 2008 Local News
90.7% of High School Graduating Class Find Work
The Saga Prefecture Labor Bureau reported that 90.7% of the job-seekers from this year’s high school graduating class have found jobs, the highest local rate in 10 years. This figu...
