Local Kyushu Governments Not Utilizing Public Land
The Fukuoka branch of the Development Bank of Japan released the results of its survey of Kyushu prefectures and municipalities regarding their utilization of public land no longer...
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JR Kyushu Plans 55.6 Billion Yen in Capital Investments
JR Kyushu released its business plan for FY 2009, which includes projected non-consolidated capital investments of 55.6 billion yen, the company’s highest total ever. The outlays w...
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Improprieties Result in 20 Million Yen Loss for Kumamoto Prefecture
Improper accounting practices regarding about 100 million yen from FY 2003-2008 means that several departments of the Kumamoto prefectural government will lose a total of 20.7 mill...
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Carbon Beam Cancer Therapy Unit Created
Kyushu Electric Power, Kyudenko, and Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical have created a special unit to encourage participation in a new advanced cancer treatment facility being established i...
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Yamaga Certified for Historical Scenery Protection Program
The city of Yamaga in Kumamoto Prefecture has become the first municipality in Kyushu to receive certification for its plan to protect historical views under a program conducted by...
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Turf to be Planted on Nagasaki Streetcar Lines
Nagasaki City and Nagasaki Electric Tramway will embark on a model green project in which turf will be planted between parallel streetcar tracks operating in the city. The objectiv...
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Shellfish Fry to be Moved to Halt Decline of Tairagi Mussels
The governments of Saga and Nagasaki prefectures revealed they will embark on a major program to move young tairagi mussels in the Ariake Sea to halt their sharp decline. One reaso...
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Fukuoka City Debt Down to 1.79 Million Yen per Capita
A special finance committee in the Fukuoka City Council responded to questions on the ninth about the city’s indebtedness. The committee answered that their projection for the city...
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Infant Care Facility Use Expands in Fukuoka Prefecture
Last October, Kitakyushu was one of the first cities in the country to open areas in public buildings and department stores for mothers to nurse their infants or change their diape...
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Kuｍamoto to Provide Assistance for Welfare Recipients
Kumamoto Prefecture has established a system in which it will lend 38,000 yen per month interest free to university students from families receiving welfare benefits. The system, w...