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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...
Oct 15, 2009 Local News
Four Old-Style Shopping Arcades to Get Government Financial Aid
The Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry announced it has approved the plans of 19 old-style shopping arcades nationwide to stimulate their business under legislation passed in...
Oct 15, 2009 Local News
Island City Lot Price Reduced
Fukuoka City has reformulated its business plan for Island City, an artificial island in Higashi Ward. Part of the revision involves a 28% reduction in the price of lots in the are...
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...