Softbank Enters Energy Game
The Tokyo-based SoftBank Group plans to begin selling electricity, and the US-made fuel cells it will use for its new venture arrived in Fukuoka on Aug. 2. The cells will be instal...
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Nishi-ku Developer Scraps Plans, Builds Spring Water Station
Itoko Shindo, a real estate developer who had planned to build an apartment building in Nishi-ku, abruptly decided to build a water filling station after potable hot spring water w...
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Kurume to Sell Power Made from Sludge Gas
Starting in FY 2014, Kurume City will begin using methane and other digester gases produced during the wastewater treatment process to generate electricity. Kurume will make use of...
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Kyuden Still in the Red
In its consolidated financial statement for the period from April to June 2013 released on July 31, Kyushu Electric Power Company reported a net loss of ¥59.15 billion. Due to cost...
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Sake from Yame Takes Top Honors
Kotaru Kinoshita, president of Yame-based sake brewery Kitaya, visited Governor Ogawa at the Fukuoka Prefectural Office on July 31 to report that his Daiginjo Gokujo Kitaya was nam...
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Fukuoka to Play Host to International Conference on Hydrogen Fuel Cells
The International Partnership for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in the Economy (IPHE), an international organization working for the commercial utilization of fuel cells, will hold its S...
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First Mention of ‘Fukuoka’ Name Dated to 1602
Research conducted by the Fukuoka City Museum has revealed that the place name 'Fukuoka' first appeared in a renga (linked verse poem) written by Kanbei Kuroda, the founding father...
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Camellia World to Open in Kurume
Kurume, one of the foremost camellia growing regions in Japan, plans to build Camellia World, an exhibition center for camellias, including wild camellias from China and Vietnam. C...
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e-ZUKA Smartphone App Contest 2013
Iizuka City is currently holding a contest for smartphone app development, with a grand prize of ¥300,000! Themes for the possible apps are provided by Iizuka City and various comp...
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Starflyer Announces New Route to Kansai
Kitakyushu-based StarFlyer announced that it will begin flights between Fukuoka and Kansai International Airport on Oct. 1. With discounted fares as low as ¥4,500 one-way, the comp...