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Kyushu buys costly power to deal with plant trouble

Reuters - Feb 3, 2012
Kyushu initially bought electricity from other utilities in the west of Japan under individual contracts to make up for power lost from its 2295 megawatt gas-fired plant following trouble at its fuel supply facility due to cold weather.

Kyushu Electric Begins Commercial Operations of Kasegawa Plant

Bloomberg - Feb 16, 2012
Kyushu Electric Power Co. today began commercial operations of a hydropower plant in Saga prefecture, southwestern Japan. The company has been operating the 2800 kilowatt-hour Kasegawa plant on a trial basis since Jan. 5, according to a statement on ...

Can Japan embrace white-knight hackers?

The Daily Yomiuri - Feb 17, 2012
A contest to choose the nation's top hackers, known as "Capture the Flag" (CTF), will be held for the first time on Saturday and Sunday at the Kyushu Institute of Technology in Fukuoka Prefecture. Hacking contests, in which participants compete using ...

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Lonely Planet Japan

by: Chris Rowthorn, Andrew Bender, Matthew D. Firestone, Timothy Hornyak, Benedict Walker, Paul Warham, Wendy Yanagihara
Nobody knows Japan like Lonely Planet. With more maps and language content than any other guidebook, this 11th edition unveils the very best of shopping in Tokyo, skiing in the Japan Alps, soaking in idyllic onsen (hot springs), trekking to Kansai's feudal castles, slurping soba at Kyushu food stalls, and so much more.

Lonely Planet guides are written by experts who get to the heart of every destination they visit. This fully updated edition is packed with accurate, practical and honest advice, designed to give you the information you need to make the most of your trip.
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Kyushu island - Japan

Kyūshū (九州, Nine Provinces?)[2] or Kyushu is the third largest island of Japan and most southwesterly of its four main islands. Its alternate ancient names include Kyūkoku (九国Nine States), Chinzei (鎮西West of the Pacified Area), and Tsukushi-no-shima (筑紫島Island of Tsukushi). The historical regional name Saikaidō (西海道West Sea Circuit) referred to Kyūshū and its surrounding islands. Kyūshū has a population of 13231995 (2006) and covers 35640 square kilometres (13760 sq miGeography The island is mountainous, and Japan's most active volcano, Mt Aso at 1591 metres (5220 ft), is on Kyūshū. There are many other signs of tectonic activity, including numerous areas of hot springs. The most famous of these are in Beppu, on the east shore, and around Mt. Aso, in central Kyūshū. The name Kyūshū comes from the nine ancient provinces of Saikaidō situated on the island: Chikuzen, Chikugo, Hizen, Higo, Buzen, Bungo, Hyūga, Osumi, and Satsuma. Today's Kyūshū Region (九州地方kyūshū-chihō) is a politically defined region that consists of the seven prefectures on the island of Kyūshū and also Okinawa Prefecture to the south: * Northern Kyushu o Fukuoka Prefecture o Saga Prefecture o Kumamoto Prefecture o Nagasaki Prefecture o Ōita Prefecture * Kagoshima Prefecture * Miyazaki Prefecture * Okinawa Prefecture The world's 37th largest island by area, Kyūshū is smaller than Spitsbergen but larger than New Britain and Taiwan. By population, it ranks 13th, having fewer inhabitants than ...

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Dangerous Police Chase in Kyushu, Japan

This is an interesting police chase in Japan where a suspect armed with a gun kidnaps his children, kills his neighbour and drives around the streets of Kyushu causing chaos. Police respond but the suspect does whatever he can to getaway. The chase eventually ends when the suspect crashes into a road block. He is arrested and his children are unharmed.

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