Citizens’ Group Combats Excessive Construction
The Association to Protect Fukuoka and its Living Environment, an organization fighting excessive construction in Fukuoka City and Kitakyushu, announced the establishment of the Fu...
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Kitakyushu Leads Nation in Recycling Employment
The Kitakyushu branch of the Bank of Japan released a report on the recycling industry in that city showing that it employs 2,692 people. That number accounts for 0.64% of the nati...
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Nishitetsu to Open Hotel in Kagoshima City
The Fukuoka City-based Nishi-Nihon Railroad Co. (Nishitetsu) revealed it planned to operate a hotel in Kagoshima City near the JR Kagoshima Chuo Station. The hotel will be located ...
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Fukuoka Jisho Mulling Management of Disney Facility
Fukuoka Jisho, the developer of Canal City 2, a shopping and entertainment complex planned in Fukuoka City, is considering the establishment of an affiliated unit to develop and ma...
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Most Kyushu Assemblies Get D Rating by National Ombudsman Group
A national federation of citizen ombudsmen released their “report card” on the transparency, vitality, and effectiveness of expenditures for 103 local governmental assemblies natio...
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Venison Hot Dogs
Kwassui Women’s College of Nagasaki City and the Deer Company, which processes the meat from deer raised on their own ranch in Minamishimabara, have jointly developed hot dogs made...
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Chimaki-ya Closes
Chimaki-ya, the only department store in Yamaguchi City, closed all operations on August 31st. The company operating the store, which has been in business for 153 years, will reorg...
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First Decline in Kagoshima Shochu Shipments in Nine Years
Shochu supply and demand statistics for Kagoshima Prefecture in 2007 released on the 22nd show that roughly 152,000 kiloliters of the beverage were shipped in the prefecture that y...
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First Rise in Regional Public Works Construction in Eight Months
The Fukuoka branch of the West Japan Surety Co. released the results of public works construction trends in the Kyushu-Okinawa region for July, which showed there were 3,757 projec...
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Kyushu Electric to Build Solar Generating Plant in Omuta
Kyushu Electric Power announced plans to build a large solar power generating plant in Omuta, Fukuoka Prefecture, with a maximum capacity of 3,000 kW. Construction work is to start...