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Karatsu to Provide First Short-Term Insurance in Prefecture
Starting next January, the city of Karatsu will provide short-term (three months) health insurance cards to those children under the age of 18 whose parents are delinquent in paying the national health insurance premiums, and who are therefore uninsured. The objective is to maintain their insurance eligibility and to encourage their parents to make the [...]
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Honda Kumamoto Delays Start of Full Production at Kumamoto Plant
Honda Motor Co. revealed that it expects to delay the start of full production at its new motorcycle and motorbike plant in Ozu-machi, Kumamoto Prefecture, until at least early FY 2009, and possibly for longer than a full calendar year. The plant was built to consolidate Honda’s motorcycle and motorbike production in Japan. The delay [...]
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Large-Scale Power Demand Falls for First Time in Nearly Six Years
Kyushu Electric Power revealed that power demand for industry and other large users in Kyushu fell 2.4% in October from the year-before period to 2.168 billion kWh. This is the first decline in demand for these users since December 2003, or a period of 58 months. The drop was attributed to production cutbacks in the [...]
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Imari Launches Children’s Website for Imari-yaki
The Imari Board of Education has launched the Imari-yaki Kids’ Site as an educational tool for primary and middle school students to learn about Imari ware. The site features easy-to-understand explanations about the history and production processes of the ceramics, as well as videos and quizzes. The board wants schools to use it in their [...]
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Kyushu Mayors Split on Stimulus Payment
The Nishinippon Shimbun conducted a survey questionnaire of Kyushu’s 106 mayors asking for their opinions of the government’s proposed payment to citizens as an economic stimulus measure. Of those responding, 34% said they approved while 17% said they were opposed. Those mayors in the remaining categories (don’t know, others) thought it wouldn’t have any effect, [...]
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Takeo Mayor Resigns to Run Again
In accordance with his previously announced intentions, Mayor Keisuke Hiwatashi of Takeo, Saga Prefecture, resigned after a recall petition was formally received by a citizens’ group opposed to his plan to privatize the municipal hospital. In submitting his resignation, Mayor Hiwatashi said he will resign and run again to determine whether he has the trust [...]
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Website Featuring Locally Produced Auto Parts
Fukuoka Prefecture will unveil on November 23 a website called The Kyushu Auto Parts and Technology Exhibition Hall providing information on the technology and parts offered by local companies for car makers and large parts companies. In addition, from the 23rd to the 25th, a large business conference was held in Fukuoka City with the [...]
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KIT in JV to Make Ethanol from Palm Oil
The Kitakyushu-based Kyushu Institute of Technology signed an agreement on November 7 with Putra University of Malaysia and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology of Tokyo to conduct research into biomass (sustainable organic resources) for the manufacture of ethanol from the strained lees of palm oil produced in that country. KIT President [...]
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Governor Aso Visits Taiwan
Fukuoka Prefecture Governor Wataru Aso led a 34-member delegation to Taiwan to promote economic ties between the prefecture and that country. The group arrived in Taiwan on November 10. This was the first visit by a Fukuoka Prefecture governor to Taiwan since diplomatic ties between Japan and Taiwan were ended in 1972. The group stayed [...]
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Hydrogen Highway Concept
So-called hydrogen stations will be built next year in Fukuoka City and Kitakyushu to supply hydrogen to fuel cell-powered automobiles, according to Fukuoka Prefecture, the planner of the operations, on November 15. They are the first local government in Japan to take the lead in hydrogen station placement. The objective is to create one of [...]
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