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Citizens Block Trial Burning of Tohoku Debris in Kitakyushu
A trial burning of the debris from Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, generated during last year’s earthquake and tsunami, was temporarily halted by about 30 area residents. Six truck...
Chinese Solar Cell Manufacturer Launches Fukuoka Subsidiary
Solar cell manufacturer Hareon Solar of Jiangyin, China, established and began operating a subsidiary in Fukuoka City. They were interested in opening a business in Japan with the ...
Kyushu Energy Conservation Target: 10%
The government revealed its final plan for electric power consumption this summer on the premise that nuclear power plants will not be operating. The original target of a 12% cutba...
12,000 Kyushu Households with Poor TV reception
The Kyushu Bureau of Telecommunications released a report on the difficulty of terrestrial digital television reception in the region’s mountainous areas. The bureau said such hou...
2012 Yamakasa Guide
For the first time in two years, the Hakata Gion Yamakasa Promotion Association has released a Yamakasa Guide, in the lead-up to this 2012 Yamakasa Fetsival. The 80-page guide incl...
Ebisu FM Starts Broadcasting in Saga
Ebisu FM, a community FM station based in Saga City, began broadcasting May 1 at 89.6 on the dial. Community FM stations have a limited broadcast area.
Winged Dinosaur Fossils Found in Nagasaki
The Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum confirmed that 15 fossil specimens of winged dinosaurs have been discovered in Nagasaki City in a soil layer about 84 million years old.
Kyushu Electric Posts 166.3 Billion Yen Loss
Kyushu Electric Power revealed that it had suffered a loss of 166.3 billion yen for the year ended March 2012, down from a profit of 28.72 billion yen the previous year.
Costco to Open Store in Kitakyushu
American membership warehouse merchandiser Costco’s Japanese subsidiary announced plans to open their second Kyushu store in Kitakyushu. Though the date of opening has not been det...
Kyushu Prefecture Governments Sending 93 to Tohoku Region
The governments of the seven Kyushu prefectures are sending a total of 93 employees to Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima, the three prefectures in the Tohoku region with the most damage...