Power-saving More Effective Than Expected
The Kyushu Electric Power and government-requested power-saving period that began on Dec. 3, 2012 will come to close on Mar. 29. Demand for power peaked at 14.32 million kW on Feb....
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Amaou Brand Turns 10
This season marks the 10th year since the nationally popular Amaou brand of strawberries first went on sale. The berries have become a symbol of Fukuoka, and the prefectural govern...
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Distiller Develops Fertilizer from Shochu Lees
Ohishi Shuzo, the distiller of Kuma brand shochu based in Mizukami Village, Kumamoto, has developed a fermented liquid fertilizer from shochu lees. Historically, unprocessed shochu...
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JR West Targets Retirees, Taps into Kyushu Nostalgia
JR West is joining forces with the five prefectures of Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Oita, Miyazaki and Kagoshima on a travel campaign called Remember Kyushu. Set to start on Apr. 1, the cam...
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Fukuoka Land Prices Starting to Appreciate
According to the official land prices (as of Jan. 1) released on Mar. 21, the average volatility rates of both residential and commercial land in Fukuoka rose, while the rates of d...
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Guinness Record Attempt for Three-legged Walk
A three-legged walk Guinness Record attempt at the riverbank of the Chikugogawa River in Haki-machi, Asakura City will be held Mar. 24. The event hopes to show revival of area afte...
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Vietnamese Buffet at Hotel Nikko
The Hotel Nikko in Hakata-ku celebrates the 40 year anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations with Vietnam by offering a ‘Delicious Vietnamese Food Fair’, Apr.1~May ...
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Fukuoka Open Top Bus 1st Anniversary & Route Change
Celebrate the first anniversary of the Fukuoka Open Top Bus this Sunday, March 24th. For one hour, the Open Top Bus will be stationed outside City Hall - open to the public to boar...
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Kyushu is Key to Offshore Wind Power
Efforts to tap into the latent potential of offshore wind power generation in Kyushu are heating up. Tests are underway or scheduled at sites in Fukuoka and Nagasaki, and estimates...
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Metro Fukuoka Not Immune to Graying
Although the population of the metropolitan Fukuoka is growing, aging is also steadily progressing. This revelation came from a demographic survey released by the Development Bank ...