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...
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Shin Idemitsu Enters Megasolar Business
Large gasoline retailer Shin Idemitsu, based in Fukuoka City, has announced they will enter the megasolar power plant business. They plan to open two 2,000 kW generating plants by ...
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Ridership Poor on ANA’s Fukuoka-Miyazaki Flight
ANA launched three daily round-trip flights between Fukuoka City and Miyazaki City on March 25. Ridership on the flights has been poor, however, averaging 30.3% for the month. The ...
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Twelve Regional Banks Post Downturn in Net Business Profit
The 18 regional banks based in the Kyushu/Yamaguchi region released their business results for the year ended March 2012. Twelve of the 18 banks posted downturns in their net busin...
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99 Saganet Wins Ministry Award
A system in Saga Prefecture in which ambulance personnel use iPads to determine the nearest hospital that can accept emergency patients, popularly known as 99 Saganet, has won the ...
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Italian Cruise Ship Arrives in Hakata
The “Costa Victoria”, an Italian cruise ship, docked at Hakata Port yesterday (May 20) for the first time! The ship belongs to Italian cruise company Costa Cruises and is around 25...
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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...
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Government Calls for 12% Kyushu Power Conservation
The national government has released its proposal for power conservation this summer for all the nation’s regions. Other than for power companies in the Tokyo and Tohoku regions, t...
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Kitakyushu Bank Turns Profit in Six Months
The Yamaguchi Financial Group announced the financial results for the Kitakyushu Bank for the year ended March 2012. Though the bank had been in operation only six months, they ach...
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Starflyer Plans to Expand Asian Routes
Kitakyushu-based airline Starflyer presented to the public its midterm operating plan, which calls for the expansion of its overseas flights from Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, and Tokyo. Th...