Three Ministries Certify Saga Historical Program
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport, in addition to the education and agriculture ministries, have certified a Saga City program for restoring historical buildings ...
Three Ministries Certify Saga Historical Program
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport, in addition to the education and agriculture ministries, have certified a Saga City program for restoring historical buildings ...
Nangoku Corporation to Build Megasolar Plant
Kagoshima Prefecture trading company Nangoku Corporation, whose mainstay business is gasoline sales, announced plans to build a megasolar power plant in the prefecture as early as ...
JR Kyushu Appoints First Female Division Head
JR Kyushu named Yumi Akagi (43) to be the head of its operations and planning division. Akagi thus becomes the first female division head in the company’s history. She was hired by...
More Local Governments Accepting Tohoku Debris for Disposal
A growing number of legislative bodies in Kyushu local governments are passing legislation to accept the debris from the Tohoku disaster for disposal. The trend started with the pa...
Four Shinkin Banks Back Medical Corporation
Four shinkin banks in Fukuoka Prefecture, working through business ties formalized as the Global Shinkin Group, have joined with the Shinkin Central Bank in Tokyo to provide 3.1 bi...
Kumamoto – Kagoshima Traffic up 65% with Shinkansen Service
JR Kyushu announced ridership results since the opening of the Kyushu Shinkansen last year. There was an increase in passengers on existing lines between Hakata – Kumamoto by 38% f...
Fukuoka City Subway to Have WiFi in Nine More Stations
KDDI announced it will install WiFi in nine of the 35 stations in the Fukuoka City subway system by the end of the month. NTT DoCoMo and SoftBank Mobile already have installed it ...
Nishitetsu to Boost Investment in Remodeling Facilities