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Oct 3, 2008 Local News
New Safety Sticker for Shochu
Renaissance Project of Fukuoka City has developed a safety sticker for shochu that will be placed on bottles of the beverage judged to be safe based on evaluations of the ingredien...
Oct 3, 2008 Local News
Kyushu Electric’s Large Customer Power Consumption Down
Kyushu Electric Power announced that the power consumption of its large customers in August was down 1.5% from the year-before period. This is the first negative growth in this cat...
Oct 3, 2008 Local News
Fertilizer Exports at Moji Customs Exceeds 5 Billion Yen
Moji Customs in Kitakyushu reports that the volume of fertilizer exports passing through its jurisdiction in 2007 climbed 14.0% from the previous year to 380,000 tons. This was wor...
Sep 25, 2008 Local News
Fukuoka Bank Handles Foreign Currency Accounts On-Line
The Fukuoka City-based Fukuoka Bank launched a new Internet banking service on the 22nd for deposits and withdrawals for bank accounts in four foreign currencies, including the Eur...
Sep 25, 2008 Local News
Nishitetsu to Introduce nimoca Use in Kitakyushu
The Fukuoka City-based Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co. (Nishitetsu) announced that the use of its nimoca contactless payment card is now possible in the Kitakyushu area. The card can be ...
Sep 25, 2008 Local News
Occupants Fill Up Kitakyushu Industrial Park
The city of Kitakyushu has been successfully attracting tenants to its waterfront Hibikinada Industrial Park, one of the largest in Kyushu. Four companies have relocated to the par...
Sep 25, 2008 Local News
Fukuoka City, Busan Mayors to Establish Economic Council
The mayors and leaders of regional business leaders in Fukuoka City and Busan, South Korea, are planning to establish a council for economic cooperation at the end of October. Thei...
Sep 25, 2008 Local News
Regional Growth Rise This FY Revised Downward to 0.6%
The Kyushu Economic Research Center released its revised forecast for the real growth rate in Kyushu and Okinawa Prefecture for FY 2008. The center’s new forecast calls for growth ...
Sep 25, 2008 Local News
Fukuoka City Land Price Rise Levels Off
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport released its annual report on nationwide land valuations on the 18th, which shows that the rise in land values in Fukuoka City h...
Sep 25, 2008 Local News
Kyushu Regional Cosmetics Display
The Iwataya department store in the Tenjin district of Fukuoka City is holding the first-ever exhibit of cosmetics products created solely by Kyushu-based companies. Scheduled to r...
