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Feb 2, 2012 Local News
Kyushu Electric Posts Consolidated Loss of 90.5 Billion Yen
Kyushu Electric Power reported that it had recorded a loss of 90.5 billion yen on its consolidated account from April to December 2011. Major contributors to the loss were the long...
Feb 2, 2012 Local News
Yaskawa Electric to Enlarge New Factory
Kitakyushu-based Yaskawa Electric announced it will expand a new plant at its main site manufacturing industrial robots for the semiconductor, food products, and medical equipment ...
Feb 2, 2012 Local News
Admission Fee Mulled for Yakushima Visits
The municipal government of Yakushima-cho on the island of Yakushima, part of Kagoshima Prefecture, will launch a special committee in April to consider the possibility of charging...
Jan 26, 2012 Local News
City Bulletin Feb. 2012
Selected news topics by Fukuoka Now from Fukuoka's Shisei Dayori. This month: get familiar with Hakata by eating, welcome supporters wanted, libraries to temporarily close and more...
Jan 26, 2012 Local News
Ohga Pharmacy Plans Expansion
Ohga Pharmacy, which operates drugstores and pharmacies in northern Kyushu, presented its new business plan that calls for expanding the number of outlets from 73 to 100 and reachi...
Jan 26, 2012 Local News
Kyushu Auto Production Reaches 1.17 Million Units
The four automakers producing cars in Kyushu revealed that regional production for 2011 totaled 1.1757 million units. This was 3.8% higher than the year-before total, and the highe...
Jan 26, 2012 Local News
Airlines Announce First-Half Flight Plans
The major airline companies announced their planned flights for the first half of FY 2012 (March 25 – October 27). ANA will resume a daily Fukuoka – Sendai round-trip flight for th...
Jan 26, 2012 Local News
Food Products Companies Promoting Kyushu Flavors
Convenience stores and food products companies are increasingly developing products exclusively for the Kyushu market, the Nishinippon Shimbun reports. The Family Mart convenience ...
Jan 26, 2012 Local News
Shingo Denzai Enters Outdoor Illumination Business
Omuta-based Shingo Denzai, Kyushu’s only traffic signal manufacturer, will enter the outdoor illumination business and begin sales of products in May. They will use LEDs because th...
Jan 26, 2012 Local News
Saga-Shanghai Air Service Begins
Chinese low-cost carrier Spring Airlines has begun a regularly scheduled charter service between Saga City and Shanghai. There will be two roundtrip flights a week, on Wednesdays a...