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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...
Jan 26, 2012 Local News
Kyudenko to Open Two Business Offices in Southeast Asia
Electrical construction company Kyudenko announced plans to open two business offices in Southeast Asia to extend their operations to that region. The offices will be located in In...
Jan 26, 2012 Local News
Tourist Info to be Offered at Recharging Stations
Kyushu Electric Power, Denso Corp., and Fukuoka City will join forces for a trial starting in March to offer information on local tourist spots and events at the recharging stands ...
Jan 19, 2012 Local News
Nissan Projects Record Auto Production for Kyushu
Nissan Motor Co. revealed that its vehicle production in Kyushu for FY 2011 would total roughly 580,000 to 590,000 units. This is more than 100,000 units above the previous year’s ...
Jan 19, 2012 Local News
Paper on Single Pedal Automobile System to be Presented in U.S.
Masayuki Naruse of Tamana, Kumamoto Prefecture, will present a paper on the safety of his single pedal automobile system to the Society of Automotive Engineers in the United States...
Jan 19, 2012 Local News
Fewer Companies Giving Raises
The Fukuoka Chamber of Commerce and Industry released the results of its survey of member firms regarding the salaries they paid their employees in 2011. It revealed that 31.35% of...