Local News

A survey of urban prices by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications for 2010 found that Miyazaki City in Miyazaki Prefecture was the cheapest in Japan for the fourth year in a row. The most expensive, for the second year in a row, was Yokohama. The calculations were made based on an index of 100, with owned homes omitted from the data. Miyazaki scored 96.9, followed by Kitakyushu at 97.1. Fukuoka City also had a low score at 97.4. The scores for other major Kyushu cities were 98.0 for Saga City, 103.3 for Nagasaki City, 100.1 for Kumamoto City, 98.9 for Oita City, and 100.7 for Kagoshima City.