Kyushu Pollen Forecast 2014
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) announced this year’s pollen forecast for Japanese cedar (sugi) and Japanese cypress (hinoki) - and it isn’t bad news for hayfever sufferers! ...
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Seaside Momochi to Become Universal Beach
Momochi Seaside Park, the 31.3 ha beach park that straddles Sawara and Chuo Wards, will become wheelchair-accessible in 2014, the 25th anniversary of its opening. The urban beach a...
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How Much Ramen Do Fukuokans Eat?
If you live in Fukuoka and eat tonkotsu ramen any less than 41 times a year, you’re not trying hard enough! Gcom surveyed Fukuoka locals online about how often they eat local speci...
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Nagasaki Seeks to Upgrade Rocks, Clarify EEZ
On Jan. 10 Goto City in Nagasaki Prefecture mailed an application to the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan to change the name of three sets of rocks (iwa) near Japan’s mari...
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Toyota Tests Fuel Cell Bus
Toyota Motor Kyushu started a trial run of a zero emission fuel cell bus on Jan. 10. The bus will make four daily round-trips between Kyushu University’s Ito Campus and JR Kyudai G...
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More Research Needed on PM2.5
Winter is the time of year when Japan is most to susceptible to the fine particulates known as PM 2.5 that blow in from China. The government has bolstered its countermeasures by h...
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New Law to Reduce Taxi Numbers
On Jan. 27, the Japanese government is set to pass the Act on Special Measures concerning the Normalization and Reinvigoration of Taxi Businesses in an effort to curb excessive com...
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More Kyushu Towns Helping Ex-Cons Find Work
More and more municipalities in Kyushu are starting to give preferential treatment in bids for public works projects to employers that hire ex-offenders. According to the Ministry...
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Canon to Shift More Production Back to Kyushu
Domestic camera and appliance makers are starting to bounce back after government stimulus measures, commonly referred to as Abenomics, have weakened the yen, thereby boosting dome...
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Nagasaki Company, Todai to Test Next-Gen Cargo Ship
A joint venture among Saikai City (Nagasaki)-based Oshima Shipbuilding, the University of Tokyo and Tokyo-based Mitsui O.S.K. Lines will begin testing a next-generation commercial ...