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Aug 27, 2009 Local News
Moji-Busan Ferry Service Ended
C&Cruise of Busan, South Korea, announced it would end service on the currently suspended ferry line between that city and the Port of Moji in Kitakyushu. After the company su...
Aug 27, 2009 Local News
Miyazaki Gov. Higashikokubaru Approval Rating Slides
The Nishinippon Shimbun conducted a telephone survey of residents in Miyazaki Prefecture and found that the combination of people who supported or somewhat supported Gov. Hideo Hig...
Aug 27, 2009 Local News
Potential Workforce of Elderly Totals 500,000
The Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade, and Industry has conducted a survey of Kyushu companies and those aged 60 and older. The bureau estimates there are about 500,000 of that age g...
Aug 27, 2009 Local News
Efforts Mounting to Recycle Raw Garbage in Kyushu
The Kyushu Foods Recycling Cooperative was established this month in Kitakyushu by eight companies in the food products industry to recycle food product waste as feed for hogs thro...
Aug 27, 2009 Local News
Miyazaki Gov. Higashikokubaru Approval Rating Slides
The Nishinippon Shimbun conducted a telephone survey of residents in Miyazaki Prefecture and found that the combination of people who supported or somewhat supported Gov. Hideo Hig...
Aug 27, 2009 Local News
Hybrid Eco-Home Hits the Market in September
Kumamoto City-based Ecoworks, which is involved in the design and construction of environmentally friendly housing, plans to begin sales in September of a so-called “hybrid eco-hou...
Aug 27, 2009 Local News
Kyushu University and JAXA Sign Agreement
Kyushu University and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency have signed an agreement for research, education, and personnel training. This will strengthen an already existing coop...
Aug 27, 2009 Local News
Chinese Language Signs Cropping up in Tenjin
Fukuoka City has started installing Chinese-language information signs in the city’s Tenjin district, the largest commercial area in Kyushu. The objective is to make Chinese touris...
Aug 27, 2009 Local News
Kumamoto to Rework Financial Liability Scheme with Municipalities
Kumamoto Prefecture said that starting in 2010, it will eliminate the financial liabilities of municipalities in the prefecture for non-construction-related expenditures for public...
Aug 27, 2009 Local News
Moji-Busan Ferry Service Ended
C&Cruise of Busan, South Korea, announced it would end service on the currently suspended ferry line between that city and the Port of Moji in Kitakyushu. After the company su...
