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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
Six Plans Presented for New Fukuoka Airport
A committee affiliated with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport met to study plans for a new Fukuoka Airport. During the meeting, six plans were presented for build...
Jul 3, 2008 Local News
Majority of Sixth Graders Nationwide Can’t Place Kyushu Prefectures
The National Institute for Educational Policy Research conducted a survey of Japanese sixth graders which revealed that with the exception of Kagoshima Prefecture, more than half o...
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...
Jun 26, 2008 Local News
Good Start for Nishitetsu nimoca Card
The launch of Nishi-Nippon Railroad’s nimoca contactless payment card has been successful. The cards were first issued a month ago, and since then about 74,000 cards have bee...
Jun 26, 2008 Local News
New Industrial Park to be Built in Kikuchi
Kumamoto Prefecture will build a new industrial park in the prefectural city of Kikuchi as part of their five-year plan that starts in FY 2008. The prefecture will try to attract c...
