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Jun 28, 2012 Local News
Sony to Expand Nagasaki Plant Capacity
Sony announced that it will expand the capacity of the Nagasaki Technology Center in Isahaya, Nagasaki Prefecture, a plant operated by its Fukuoka City-based subsidiary Sony Semico...
Jun 28, 2012 Local News
First Hotto Motto Opens in South Korea
Fukuoka City-based Plenus, which operates the Hotto Motto takeout bento chain, has opened its first South Korean outlet in Seoul. The shop offers 30 different bento varieties, iden...
Jun 28, 2012 Local News
Kyushu Has Youngest Companies in the Nation
A survey by Teikoku Databank has revealed that the average age of companies in the Kyushu/Okinawa Prefecture region as of the end of 2011 is 26.4 years, the lowest of nine blocs in...
Jun 28, 2012 Local News
Kyushu Electric Collected 4.9 Million in Excess Fees
Kyushu Electric Power announced that it had collected 4.9 million yen in excess charges from 23 companies from September 2008 to March 2012 for supplying electric power when the su...
Jun 28, 2012 Local News
JR Kyushu to Convert Consumption Tax Increase to Fare Hike
JR Kyushu President Koji Karaike said that the railroad would convert any consumption tax increase into a fare increase in conjunction with a tax rise in stages. When the consumpti...
Jun 28, 2012 Local News
Decade-Long Decline for Kyushu Long-Distance Ferry Passengers
The Kyushu Transport Bureau released the results of its survey for 2011 of the long-distance ferries operated by five companies on eight routes between Kyushu and the Kansai and To...
Jun 28, 2012 Local News
Asia’s Largest Passenger Ship Calls on Port of Hakata
The Voyager of the Seas, Asia’s largest passenger ship, called on the port of Hakata on the 21st after departing from Shanghai. It is the first time the ship entered Japan. The shi...
Jun 28, 2012 Local News
Electric Bill to Have 111 Yen Surcharge Starting in July
July will be the first month in which the law mandating that utilities purchase electricity generated by renewable sources at higher rates goes into effect. The Ministry of Economy...
Jun 28, 2012 Local News
60% of Roads for School Commutes Lack Sidewalks
With the number of accidents involving cars hitting children going to or from school rising nationwide, the Nishinippon Shimbun conducted a survey of those roads in Kyushu. They fo...
Jun 27, 2012 Local News
Fukuoka’s Yatai to Face Checks
All 155 Yatai in central Fukuoka City will be checked by government officials to see if they are following the Yatai business guidelines. The checks will begin in July and continue...