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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...
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...
