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New CT in Kurume’s St. Mary’s Hospital Does Full-Body Scan in 30 Seconds
The emergency room at Kurume’s St. Mary’s Hospital installed CT equipment in March that is capable of a full-body scan in 30 seconds. Their previous equipment required a full hour ...
New Flu Strain Could Infect More than 10,000 in 10 Days
A study by the National Institute of Infectious Diseases estimates that more than 10,000 people in northern Kyushu could be infected within 10 days of an outbreak of a new flu stra...
Open Season on Etsu
A Shinto ceremony was held on the 1st for those in the fishing industry marking the start of the season for catching the etsu (Coilia nasus) in Okawa, Fukuoka Prefecture. The fish,...
Kyushu Electric Sets Record High for Power Sales
Kyushu Electric Power reports that it sold 88.082 billion kWh of electricity in FY 2007, a 4.4% increase from the year-before period and a record high. It is also the 21st consecut...
Ceramist Ryuzan Aoki Dies
Ryuzan Aoki of Arita, Saga Prefecture, the first Kyushu ceramist to receive the Order of Culture and an advisor to the Nitten (Japan Fine Arts Exhibition), died of liver failure at...
Orix to Build Shopping Mall in Nagasaki City Suburbs
Tokyo-based Orix announced plans to build a shopping center in a Nagasaki City suburb 10 kilometers north of the city. The anchor tenant will be a Uniqlo outlet. Plans call for the...
Work Begins on Nagasaki Shinkansen Line
A ceremony marking the start of construction on the Nagasaki leg of the Shinkansen was held in a public park in Ureshino, Saga Prefecture, on the 28th. The section of the route bei...
Kumamoto Governor’s Monthly Salary Slashed by One Million Yen
The new governor of Kumamoto Prefecture, Ikuo Urashima, submitted a bill to an extraordinary session of the prefectural legislature to cut the governor’s monthly salary by one mill...
Trials for Using Nishitetsu nimoca Card at Lawson’s
Trials will begin in the Fukuoka City area for the Nishitetsu contactless payment card nimoca, to be introduced on May 18 for use for train fares and as e-money, at four Lawson’s c...
Nishi-Nippon City Bank to Boost International Business
Fukuoka City-based Nishi-Nippon City Bank unveiled its new mid-term business plan, called New Stage 2008. The core elements of the plan are moves to develop the bank’s overseas bus...