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Apr 18, 2008 Local News
Poor Economy Causing Increase in Kyushu Bankruptcies
The Fukuoka City branch of credit rating company Tokyo Shoko Research released statistics for Kyushu and Okinawa bankruptcies in FY 2007 showing that the number of companies declar...
Apr 18, 2008 Local News
Miyazaki Bank’s Revises Net Profit Downward 53%
Regional banks in Kyushu and Yamaguchi Prefecture are suffering the same fallout from the sub-prime housing loan crisis in the United States, forcing them to deal with losses on th...
Apr 18, 2008 Local News
Process Developed to Convert Sub-Standard Persimmons into Syrup
Ganzan, a venture capital-backed company in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, has been formed to create processed food products. Their first project was to develop a process of convertin...
Apr 18, 2008 Local News
Three Fukuoka U. Departments Work Together for Diabetes Treatment
Fukuoka University announced the establishment of the Diabetes Advanced Treatment Center for diabetes treatment, research, and education. The Center’s operation will be operated jo...
Apr 18, 2008 Local News
Daihatsu Kyushu to Open Development Center in Fukuoka
Sources told the Nishinippon Shimbun that Daihatsu Motor Co. subsidiary Daihatsu Kyushu will locate its new vehicle design and development center in Nishi Ward, Fukuoka City, near ...
Apr 18, 2008 Local News
Emergency Taxi Service to Start in Iizuka
Shonai Kanko of Iizuka, Fukuoka Prefecture, will launch an emergency taxi service for registered users in May. When an emergency occurs, the user would simply press the emergency b...
Apr 18, 2008 Local News
Kumamoto City Mayor Calls for Stronger Vertical Ties in Kyushu
Kumamoto City Mayor Seishi Koyama held a press conference to call for stronger “vertical ties” in Kyushu with the opening of the Kyushu Shinkansen in 2011 by forming a special agre...
Apr 18, 2008 Local News
Chinese Cruise Ship Pays First Call on Port of Hakata
A Chinese cruise ship taking wealthy Chinese on overseas tours made its first call on the Port of Hakata last week. The Rhapsody of the Seas, a 7,500 ton vessel based in Shanghai, ...
Apr 14, 2008 Local News
Lowest Fan Shell Harvest in History
Both Fukuoka Prefecture and Saga Prefecture had their lowest harvests ever of the fan shell, a prized bivalve from the Ariake Sea, it was reported. The season for the shellfish was...
Apr 14, 2008 Local News
Eco-Friendly Ceramic Shochu Cup Developed
The Asahi Ceramics Research Corp. of Nagasaki Prefecture and the Saga Ceramics Research Laboratory have jointly developed a ceramic cup specifically for shochu oyuwari, a mixed dri...
