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Kitakyushu Universities Team Up on Self-Driving Car Project
The Kyushu Institute of Technology, the University of Kitakyushu and the Waseda University Graduate School of Information Production and Systems have agreed to open a joint researc...
El Nino Could Make for a Rainy Summer in Kyushu
On Apr. 25, the Fukuoka District Meteorological Observatory announced that the weather phenomenon known as El Nino could occur for the first time in five years, resulting in torren...
Three Prefectures Release Genkai Evacuation Estimates
The three prefectural governments of Fukuoka, Saga and Nagasaki released a report detailing evacuation scenarios in the event of a major disaster at the Genkai Nuclear Power Plant ...
Kyushu Most Affected by Yellow Sand and PM2.5
Research by the Ministry of the Environment reveals that concentrations of PM2.5, the ultrafine particulate matter that is thought to have adverse health effects, are higher on day...
Oita Mega Solar Plant is Largest in Japan
Marubeni Corporation has completed construction on Japan’s largest solar panel array in a seaside industrial park in Oita City. Composed of 340,000 panels covering 105 hectares, th...
Kyushu Faces Aging Infrastructure Problem
Kyushu’s aging public infrastructure, much of which was built during the rapid economic expansion after the war, is becoming a serious issue. In the seven prefectures, nearly 40% o...
Kyushu to Use Onsen to Lure Foreign Tourists
In an interview with Nishinippon Shimbun, Susumu Ishihara, the chairman of the Kyushu Tourism Promotion Organization, outlined a goal to attract 4.46 million foreign visitors to Ky...
Prefecture Population Up for 18th Straight Year
Fukuoka Prefecture released the results of its 2013 population movement survey, which revealed an increase of 5,344 persons year-on-year (as of Oct. 1) bringing the total populatio...
KLM to Add More Flights
On Apr. 1, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines added another round-trip Fukuoka-Amsterdam flight, bringing the weekly number up from three to four. The route, which was the first to connect K...
City Preps for Special Zone
On Apr. 2 Fukuoka City opened a National Strategic Zone Promotion Office to begin work on setting up a special zone for job creation by this summer. The aim is to make Fukuoka “the...