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Jul 3, 2008 Local News
Fukuoka Broadband Diffusion Rate Exceeds 50%
The Kyushu Bureau of Telecommunication announced the results of their study of regional broadband diffusion as of the end of this March. The number of contracts in Fukuoka Prefectu...
Jul 3, 2008 Local News
Kyushu Land Tax Assessments Rise 10%
The National Tax Agency released the results of its land tax assessments for 2008, which show that the average value of land in Kyushu has risen for the second straight year. This ...
Jul 3, 2008 Local News
Toyota Kyushu to Start Production of New Model
Toyota Kyushu will begin production in August 2009 of a new hybrid model to follow the Prius, it was learned. Plans call for the new model to be sold both in Japan and abroad, as i...
Jul 3, 2008 Local News
Kyushu Electric Discussing Rate Hike
The Fukuoka City-based Kyushu Electric Power Co. has begun to seriously consider raising their rates to reflect soaring oil prices. They expect to reach a formal decision sometime ...
Jul 3, 2008 Local News
JR Kyushu to Add 1,800 Seats to Sonic Special Express
JR Kyushu announced it would add 1,800 seats to the daily runs of its Sonic special limited express between Hakata and Oita. The objective is to respond to the steadily rising pass...
Jul 3, 2008 Local News
1.14 Trillion Yen in Benefits from Car Production Boost
The Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade, and Industry estimates that raising annual auto production in Kyushu to 1.5 million units from the current one million units would have a regio...
Jul 3, 2008 Local News
Fishermen Win Isahaya Suit against Government
The Saga District Court ruled that the closure of the dykes at the state-operated Isahaya land reclamation project was clearly connected to environmental changes in Isahaya Bay, an...
Jul 3, 2008 Local News
Kyushu Women’s University Students to Do Fieldwork in Depopulated Villages
Thirty students from the Kyushu Women’s University in Kitakyushu will spend September in Assabu-cho, Hokkaido, doing field work on depopulated areas. They will study local so...
Jul 3, 2008 Local News
1.14 Trillion Yen in Benefits from Car Production Boost
The Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade, and Industry estimates that raising annual auto production in Kyushu to 1.5 million units from the current one million units would have a regio...
Jul 3, 2008 Local News
Fishermen Win Isahaya Suit against Government
The Saga District Court ruled that the closure of the dykes at the state-operated Isahaya land reclamation project was clearly connected to environmental changes in Isahaya Bay, an...
