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Nov 14, 2008 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture Governor Led Delegation to Taiwan
Fukuoka Prefecture Governor Wataru Aso led a group of 34 local business and academic leaders on a three-day visit to Taiwan. The group included officials from Yaskawa Electric, JR ...
Nov 14, 2008 Local News
Kyushu Investment Fund Growing
The one billion yen Kyushu Technology Development Fund, in which Fukuoka Bank and others have capital stakes, invested in its fourth venture capital-backed Kyushu business with an ...
Nov 14, 2008 Local News
Service Industry a Weakness in Kitakyushu
In an analysis of the Kitakyushu area, the Kyushu branch of the Development Bank of Japan noted that the development of the service industry in the region lagged the strong concent...
Nov 14, 2008 Local News
Kitakyushu Mulls Offering Convention Sites for Free
As part of its emergency economic measures, the city of Kitakyushu is seriously considering offering the use of local facilities as convention sites for free to attract users. They...
Nov 14, 2008 Local News
Kumamoto Prefecture Solicits Enterprises to Issue Green Power Certification
Kumamoto Prefecture has begun to solicit enterprises, such as non-profit organizations or trading companies, that issue green power certification for the sale of green power credit...
Nov 14, 2008 Local News
Toyota Kyushu to Defer Rehiring of 500 Seconded Employees
Toyota Kyushu announced an indefinite delay in the rehiring of 500 of the 800 seconded employees whose contracts it had cancelled due to production cutbacks resulting from the curr...
Nov 14, 2008 Local News
Tour of Hirado Slated to Coincide with Beatification
A special tour will be held on the 23rd in Ikitsuki-cho, Hirado, Nagasaki Prefecture, later this month to trace the life of Genka Nishi, a Christian martyr who was executed in 1609...
Nov 14, 2008 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture Governor Led Delegation to Taiwan
Fukuoka Prefecture Governor Wataru Aso led a group of 34 local business and academic leaders on a three-day visit to Taiwan. The group included officials from Yaskawa Electric, JR ...
Nov 14, 2008 Local News
Kyushu Investment Fund Growing
The one billion yen Kyushu Technology Development Fund, in which Fukuoka Bank and others have capital stakes, invested in its fourth venture capital-backed Kyushu business with an ...
Nov 14, 2008 Local News
Service Industry a Weakness in Kitakyushu
In an analysis of the Kitakyushu area, the Kyushu branch of the Development Bank of Japan noted that the development of the service industry in the region lagged the strong concent...
