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| 10/26/09 |
Kyushu Electric to Build Kyushu's Largest Solar Power Plant in Nagasaki |
Kyushu Electric Power revealed that it would build a 10,000 kW scale solar power plant in Omura, Nagasaki Prefecture. The power output will be the largest in Kyushu. Work will begin on the plant in FY 2011, and it is slated to begin operation in FY 2012. The company is already building a solar power plant with 3,000 kW output in Omuta, and hopes to increase to 3% the ratio of the power it generates by these new energy sources by FY 2018.
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| 10/26/09 |
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Yame Tea Exported to Germany |
Fukuoka Agricultural Products Trading, a company established by Fukuoka Prefecture, local JA groups, and Kyushu companies, began exports of Yame tea to Germany in August. The initial shipment totaled 150 kilograms. The tea was cultivated to conform to 2007 EU standards for residual agricultural chemicals. These are also the first FAPT exports to Europe, and the company is also considering exports to The Netherlands. Japanese food is becoming increasingly popular in Europe, resulting in growing interest in Japanese tea. Germany in particular has become a distribution point for different tea varieties.
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| 10/26/09 |
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First Shipment of Ramen Wheat Grown in Fukuoka Prefecture |
Fukuoka is famous for ramen throughout Japan, and the dish is a popular meal among local residents. Most of the wheat used to make the noodles is grown overseas, however. That's why growers in the prefecture developed their own variety for ramen use, which will be shipped for the first time this fall.
Fukuoka Prefecture ranks second nationwide in wheat production, but demand for the most frequently grown variety, used for udon noodles, has hit a ceiling. The new type for ramen is therefore expected to be appealing both to the farmers as well as the ramen industry, where competition is intense. Sources in the prefecture are confident the new variety will find many satisfied customers because trial tastings showed it was higher in protein and was chewier than other types.
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| 08/12/09 |
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Fukuoka Prefecture Effort to Attract Aviation Industry Takes Off |
With the core Kyushu industries of automobiles and semiconductors suffering from the global economic downturn, Fukuoka Prefecture has embarked on two separate schemes to attract companies in the promising sectors of the aircraft industry.
The first involves the attraction of aircraft assembly plants to be located near the Kitakyushu airport. The second is the solicitation of institutions for training aircraft maintenance workers for airline companies throughout Asia. Fukuoka Prefecture will work with local business and financial groups, such the Kyushu Keidanren, to use its modern airport infrastructure and location near other Asian countries to achieve these goals.
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| 08/12/09 |
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Fukuoka Selected as Global Collaboration base |
The Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry, and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology selected Fukuoka Prefecture as one of five core sites for private-public-academic partnerships. The objective is to focus support on specific areas involved with those cooperative efforts at technological reform and the creation of new industries as a way to boost international competitiveness.
Past instances of cooperation have involved work in eight sectors, including system LSI design and development, hydrogen energy, and the robot industry. Current efforts involve work to create new automobiles for an aging, low-carbon society, and robots for medical and long-term care.
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