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Jan 9, 2009 Local News
Fukuoka City NPO Authorized to Resolve Condo Disputes
The Ministry of Justice has authorized a non-profit organization for the management of Fukuoka condominiums, known as Fukukanren, to act as an alternative dispute resolution organi...
Jan 9, 2009 Local News
Remodeling Fukuoka City Commercial Complexes
Work is going full steam ahead on remodeling commercial properties in Fukuoka City’s Hakata and Tenjin districts to prepare for the opening of the Kyushu leg of the Shinkansen in 2...
Jan 9, 2009 Local News
Nagasaki Prefecture to Subsidize Islanders’ Travel for Long-Term Care
The government of Nagasaki Prefecture announced that starting next year, it will provide subsidies to both professional long-term care providers to travel by ship to the prefecture...
Jan 9, 2009 Local News
Not Thinking of Successors, Say 40% of Fukuoka Small Business Owner
The Fukuoka Chamber of Commerce and Industry revealed the results of its survey that shows roughly 40% of the people in charge of small and medium-sized businesses in the prefectur...
Jan 9, 2009 Local News
Solar Cell Evaluation Facility to be Built in Tosu
The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology will open the country’s first facility for testing and evaluating the performance of solar cells in Tosu, Saga ...
Jan 9, 2009 Local News
Rare Metals Adsorbed with Fruit Rinds
A team of researchers at Saga University announced they have developed an adsorption agent made with materials from fruit rinds and old paper capable of the selective recovery of p...
Jan 9, 2009 Local News
New Produce Market/Restaurant Zone Planned for Island City
Fukuoka City revealed plans to establish what it called a “Nigiwai Zone” on Island City, an artificial island in the city’s Hakata Ward, with a new produce market, an area selling ...
Jan 9, 2009 Local News
Hiwatashi Reelected as Takeo Mayor
Keisuke Hiwatashi was reelected as the mayor of Takeo, Saga Prefecture, in a special election held as a result of debate over privatizing the municipal hospital, which has aggregat...
Jan 9, 2009 Local News
Move to Resume Festival Bashing Starts in Imari
The highlight of the Imari Tontenton Festival, held every year in October, was the clash of groups trying to overturn each other’s 600-kilogram mikoshi, or portable floats. In 2006...
Jan 9, 2009 Local News
Kyushu’s Longest Pier Built in Nagasaki
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport finished work on the construction of a 360-meter pier at the Port of Nagasaki. The pier, which is the longest in the Kyushu-Yama...