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Sep 25, 2008 Local News
Softbank Hawks’ manager and Japanese baseball great Sadaharu
Oh gave a press conference in Fukuoka City to announce that he will retire from baseball as of the end of the season. The man who guided Japan’s team to victory in the 2006 World B...
Sep 25, 2008 Local News
Kumamoto to Solicit Contributions for JR Station Construction
During a meeting of the prefectural assembly, Kumamoto Prefecture Gov. Ikuo Kabashima revealed that he would consider a campaign to solicit money from the citizens to help pay for ...
Sep 25, 2008 Local News
Agreement Signed to Create Supranational Economic Research Institute
Dongseo University and the Busan Development Institute, a think tank in that South Korean city, signed an agreement on the 18th to establish the provisionally named Busan-Fukuoka S...
Sep 25, 2008 Local News
Softbank Hawks’ manager and Japanese baseball great Sadaharu
Oh gave a press conference in Fukuoka City to announce that he will retire from baseball as of the end of the season. The man who guided Japan’s team to victory in the 2006 World B...
Sep 25, 2008 Local News
Kumamoto to Solicit Contributions for JR Station Construction
During a meeting of the prefectural assembly, Kumamoto Prefecture Gov. Ikuo Kabashima revealed that he would consider a campaign to solicit money from the citizens to help pay for ...
Sep 25, 2008 Local News
Agreement Signed to Create Supranational Economic Research Institute
Dongseo University and the Busan Development Institute, a think tank in that South Korean city, signed an agreement on the 18th to establish the provisionally named Busan-Fukuoka S...
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...
