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Number of Kitakyushu Districts with High Elderly Population Rising
A survey by the University of Kitakyushu found that as of the end of March this year, a total of 20.6% of the city’s districts at the machi or o-aza level had populations in which ...
Satsumaimo Leaves and Stems Baked into New Cake
Festivalo, a company producing and selling Western-style confections in Kanyoa, Kagoshima Prefecture, has developed a cake whose ingredients include the edible leaves and stems of ...
Traffic Fatalities Down in All Kyushu Prefectures
The number of fatalities from traffic accidents in all Kyushu prefectures in 2007 declined from year-before totals. The total of 199 fatalities in Fukuoka Prefecture was the lowest...
Electrical Equipment Manufacturers Leaving Kyushu
The Nishinippon Shimbun reports that large electrical machinery and semiconductor manufacturers are selling off and leaving their production plants in Kyushu. There is an industry-...
Oita Prefecture Regional JA Created
A total of 16 of the 23 Japan Agricultural Cooperative Associations (JA) in Oita Prefecture merged to create JA Oita on the 1st. This regional association will cover most of the pr...
Low Expectations for Bonuses
The Fukuoka City-based Nishi-Nippon City Bank announced the results of a survey of 480 housewives in Fukuoka Prefecture regarding summer bonuses. A total of 18.4% of the respondent...
Retired Postal Worker Stars in French Movie
Ken’ichi Morimoto, a retired postal worker from Mashiki-machi, Kumamoto Prefecture, has become the star of a French movie titled Monsieur Morimoto. Morimoto retired from the postal...
Decline in Kyushu’s Child Population Accelerates
According to the results of the 2005 national census, the population of Kyushu fell 0.7% from the previous census in 2000 to 13,353,000 people. It was the first decline in regional...
Kyushu Electric Increases Purchase Price of Wind Power
Kyushu Electric Power announced that in the current fiscal year, it would increase by 1.5 yen to 11 yen the maximum unit price of wind power it purchases that has been generated by...
Takeo Plans to Privatize Public Hospital
Mayor Keisuke Hiwatashi of Takeo, Saga Prefecture, revealed the outlines of a plan to transfer the Takeo Municipal Hospital to private-sector control by February 2010. Changes in h...