Beppu Company to Build Geothermal Compound
Beppu-based housing equipment company B-Flat is building a compound consisting of a geothermal power facility that makes use of a shuttered hot spring, a foot bath that utilizes ho...
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Clothing Recycle Station @ Yafuoku! Dome
Yahoo! Japan recently launched a clothing recycle station at YAFUOKU! DOME in Momochi, after realizing the demand for a place where people could recycle clothing they no longer wan...
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Google Adds Nagasaki Bombing Contents to Archives
Aug. 19, Google announced two notable additions to its online Cultural Institute - incorporating new material from the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb ...
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Afforestation Project in Thailand
Hawks player Nobuhiko Matsunaka is supporting a team of 30 volunteers from Fukuoka currently in Thailand planting 5,000 mangroves and attending an environmental forum. The voluntee...
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World’s Largest Kumamon
A 5m tall Kumamon statue will be unveiled to the public at Greenland theme park on September 14th - it will be the biggest Kumamon in the world! The statue cost ¥10 million to buil...
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Prefecture Eyes Four Dams for Power Generation
After surveying its 12 existing dams for potential hydroelectric capabilities, Fukuoka Prefecture has determined that four dams could be used to generate power profitably and has f...
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Decline in Regional 10 Billion Yen Companies
On Aug. 8, the Fukuoka Branch of Tokyo Shoko Research released its ranking of companies from the Kyushu-Okinawa region with ¥10 billion in sales for 2012. The total number fell eig...
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Amaou Liqueur Goes on Sale Nationwide
Nishi-ku sake brewer Hamaji Shuzo has begun nationwide sales of its own Yogurt Amaou, a liqueur made from Fukuoka’s Amaou strawberries and locally-sourced milk. Dedicated to using ...
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Saibu Gas Experts to Provide Eco Tips to Homeowners
Saibu Gas has been selected as a private-sector partner for the Ministry of the Environment’s Uchi Eco Shindan Project, a program aimed at reducing household CO2 emissions, and has...
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Munakata-made Ultra-compact Cars OK’D
Munakata-based venture company Kobot has received approval from the Kyushu Transportation Bureau for its ultra-compact two-person electric vehicle under the government’s Micro-Mobi...
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