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Jul 19, 2012 Local News
Overseas Entries through Kyushu Set Record in April
The Kyushu Transport Bureau reported that the number of foreigners entering Japan through the seven Kyushu prefectures in April totaled 98,939 people, 3.8 times the year-before per...
Jul 19, 2012 Local News
Yamada Denki Buys Best Denki
Gunma Prefecture-based Yamada Denki announced the purchase of local consumer electronics mass merchandiser Best Denki, the seventh largest company in the industry. Yamada is curren...
Jul 19, 2012 Local News
45% of Local Companies Increased Hiring This Year
The Fukuoka Employers’ Association released the results of its survey of local companies’ new employment results for the current fiscal year, which showed that 45.3% said they had ...
Jul 19, 2012 Local News
Starflyer Launches Kitakyushu-Busan Flight
Kitakyushu-based Starflyer Airlines began operating a daily roundtrip flight between Kitakyushu and Busan, South Korea. It is their first regular international route, and the first...
Jul 19, 2012 Local News
Kitakyushu to Spend 850 Million on Rubble Disposal
The city of Kitakyushu announced it will spend 850.82 million yen to dispose of rubble from Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, which resulted from last year’s earthquake and tsunami. ...
Jul 19, 2012 Local News
FITC Launches Electronics Technology Net
The Mechanics and Electronics Research Institute of the Fukuoka Industrial Technology Center has launched the Fukuoka Electronics and Technology Network to promote ties between com...
Jul 19, 2012 Local News
Saibu Gas to Start Solar Power Generation
Fukuoka City-based Saibu Gas announced it will bring on line three solar power plants in Nagasaki City, Fukuoka City, and Omuta, from October to December. They are the first city g...
Jul 19, 2012 Local News
Two Nissan Parts Suppliers to Build Plants in Kitakyushu
Plastic foamed product manufacturer JSP of Tokyo and affiliate Toyo Cork of Hiroshima, both of which supply Nissan Motors, are nearing completion on arrangements to build plants in...
Jul 19, 2012 Local News
FACo to Have Display in Dalian
The Fukuoka Asia Collection (FACo), which conducts fashion shows featuring the products of Fukuoka clothing manufacturers, will open a showroom in the Dalian Fashion Building in th...
Jul 19, 2012 Local News
Ito Wins Third Term as Kagoshima Governor
Yuichiro Ito won his third term as governor of Kagoshima Prefecture, winning slightly more than 66% of the vote to defeat challenger Yoshitaka Mukohara. Mukohara tried to turn the ...