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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...
Jan 26, 2012 Local News
Regional Hires of New College Grads Below National Average
Surveys by two Cabinet ministries revealed that the advance hiring of students who will be graduated from universities this spring in Kyushu and Okinawa Prefecture totaled 67.3% of...
Jan 26, 2012 Local News
Unexplained Travel Expenses Scrutinized in Fukuoka, Saga Prefecture Assemblies
The Nishinippon Shimbun is reporting that Fukuoka Prefecture paid 30.18 million yen for about four and a half years starting in 2007 to individual members of the prefectural assemb...