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Jan 22, 2009 Local News
Fish Cuisine Blog Very Popular
Gas station operator Kazuo Fujiyoshi of Miyaki-cho, Saga Prefecture, started a blog presenting easy recipes to cook fish as a way to improve his culinary skills. It became so popul...
Jan 22, 2009 Local News
Further Cutbacks in Toyota Kyushu Production
Fukuoka Prefecture-based Toyota Motors Kyushu announced it would further reduce its planned production totals for FY 2008 to achieve a level of roughly 290,000 units. The company’s...
Jan 22, 2009 Local News
Extension of Nanakuma Subway Line Mulled
Due to sluggish rider totals, Fukuoka City said it is seriously considering building an extension of the Nanakuma Municipal Subway line from the Tenjin Minami Station through Canal...
Jan 22, 2009 Local News
Kyushu Auto Production to Fall Short of One Million Units
Nissan announced its final plans for FY 2008 auto production at its domestic plants, revealing that it would cut back on initially planned production by 289,000 units, or 20.8%. It...
Jan 16, 2009 Local News
Kyushu Regional Bankruptcies Hit Five Year-High
The Fukuoka branch of Tokyo Shoko Research revealed its statistics for corporate bankruptcies with liabilities of 10 million yen or more for the Kyushu-Okinawa region in FY 2008. A...
Jan 16, 2009 Local News
Local Governments Shoulder Extra Burden in Shinkansen Costs
Skyrocketing materials prices have caused a sharp increase in Kyushu Shinkansen construction costs. As a result, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport has asked local...
Jan 16, 2009 Local News
DBJ Publishes Kyushu Data Handbook
The Development Bank of Japan has published its 2009 Kyushu Handbook presenting the primary statistics, industries, and development projects of the region. The handbook was publish...
Jan 16, 2009 Local News
Kumamoto City to Rework Streetcar System
Kumamoto City revealed it will implement a new system of giving streetcars priority for the right of way in traffic light timing as a means to shorten the transit time from the JR ...
Jan 16, 2009 Local News
Fan Club Launched for Goto Islands
The first meeting of the Goto Islands Fan Club was held in Nagasaki City on the 13th with the objective of revitalizing the 1,400 chain of small islands in Nagasaki Prefecture and ...
Jan 16, 2009 Local News
World’s First Whale Soy Sauce
Yamaka Shoyu of Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and the National Fisheries University have successfully developed a new type of soy sauce using small pieces of whale meat former...
