Fire at Pine Forest in Imazu, Nishi-ku
A fire broke out at the pine forest along Ohara Beach in Imazu, Nishi-ku on Aug 4. The blaze is thought to have been started by a discarded cigarette. The fire department is asking...
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Two Kyushu Power Plants Resume Operation
Kyushu Electric Power announced it had resumed operations at the Yamakawa geothermal plant in Ibusuki, Kagoshima Prefecture, and the diesel fuel Shinarikawa Plant at Shinkamigoto-c...
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Outlook Dim for Kyushu Rice Crop
Rice Databank, a Tokyo company analyzing the rice market, released their forecasts for the current year’s rice crop. While their evaluation of the national crop was “somewhat good”...
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Multiple Taxiways to be Added to Fukuoka Airport by 2019
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport will begin a project this year to increase the taxiways for domestic flights at Fukuoka Airport as a way to reduce the congestio...
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70% of Regional Businesses Expect to Take a Hit from the Consumption Tax Increase
The Fukuoka branch of Teikoku Databank released the results of its corporate sentiment survey, which found that 70% of the businesses in the region, including Okinawa Prefecture, t...
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JR Kyushu Assumes Primary Responsibility for Gauge Change Train Development
JR Kyushu has been given the primary responsibility in the project to develop a gauge change train, i.e., a train with variable gauge axles, which will be used on the western leg o...
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Kyushu Capital Investment Plans Down 1.5%
The Kyushu branch of the Development Bank of Japan released the results of its survey of companies who plan to invest in plants and equipment this year in Kyushu. Their survey show...
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ANA Uses Fuselages to Encourage Aso
All Nippon Airways announced it would paint the name of the city of Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, and pictures of the gentian, the city flower, on the fuselages of their domestic passe...
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Kyushu Electric the Primary Customer of 2112 Kyushu Companies
The Fukuoka branch of Teikoku Databank reports that Kyushu Electric Power is the primary customer for 2,112 companies in Kyushu and Okinawa Prefecture. Meanwhile, the utility is pl...
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New Megasolar Plant in Kumamoto
Mitsui & Co. is working with an investment company and another firm to build a megasolar power plant in Nishiki-machi, Kumamoto Prefecture. Construction will begin in October with ...