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Aug 21, 2008 Local News
University-Based Business Startups Slow
The Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade, and Industry released its survey of 2007 venture capital-backed business startups that were developed at universities. Only eight of these comp...
Aug 21, 2008 Local News
Ariake Sea Red Tide Disrupts Bivalve Reproduction
The Saga Prefecture Maritime Promotion Center released the results of its survey showing that the so-called red tide, caused by harmful plankton, disrupts the breeding of bivalves ...
Aug 21, 2008 Local News
Fukuoka City Office Occupancy Rate Declines
The Fukuoka City branch of office leasing company Miki Shoji Co. released a report on office occupancy rate in the city as of the end of July. The rate fell by 0.13 percentage poin...
Aug 21, 2008 Local News
Three Universities Team Up to Develop Car Electronics
Graduate schools of the University of Kitakyushu, the Kyushu Institute of Technology, and Waseda University of Tokyo announced they will form an alliance next April to train person...
Aug 14, 2008 Local News
Miyazaki Bank Projecting Record Losses
The Miyazaki Bank of Miyazaki City announced it has revised its non-consolidated earnings projections downward for the year ending March 2009. After several large bankruptcies amon...
Aug 14, 2008 Local News
Kyushu University Group Develops New Catalyst
A research team at the Kyushu University Center for Future Chemistry has developed the world’s first nickel catalyst for extracting electrons from water at a constant temperature a...
Aug 14, 2008 Local News
Tadao Ando to Design New JR Kumamoto Station Building
Kumamoto Prefecture announced that an agreement has been reached with famed architect Tadao Ando to design the new building at the JR Kumamoto Station in conjunction with the openi...
Aug 14, 2008 Local News
Best Denki Permits nimoca Card Use
Consumer electronics mass merchandiser Best Denki started accepting the nimoca card, a contactless payment card issued by Nishi-Nippon Railroad (Nishitetsu), for purchases in 14 Fu...
Aug 14, 2008 Local News
Record-High 678 10 Billion Yen-Companies in Kyushu
The Fukuoka branch of credit rating firm Tokyo Shoko Research released figures ranking the companies in Kyushu and Okinawa Prefecture with sales of at least 10 billion yen on a non...
Aug 14, 2008 Local News
Kyushu’s Tallest Condo Complex Built in Fukuoka
Construction on Kyushu’s tallest tower-type condominium complex has been completed in Fukuoka City’s Higashi Ward on Island City. Named the Island Tower Sky Club, the 42-story buil...
