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Apr 26, 2012 Local News
Beer Exports from Kyushu Soar
The Moji Customs Office reports that the value of beer exported through the Port of Hakata in 2011 totaled 1.225 billion yen, an increase of 6.3 times from the previous year. It wa...
Apr 26, 2012 Local News
JA Miyazaki to Open PR Office in Hong Kong
JA Miyazaki will open an office in Hong Kong in May to promote Miyazaki agricultural products in the territory and throughout Asia. The objective is to create new sales channels no...
Apr 26, 2012 Local News
Nishitetsu Store to Accept Internet and Phone Orders for Home Delivery
Nishitetsu Store, a subsidiary of the Nishitetsu railroad and bus company that operates supermarkets, will accept orders over the Internet and the telephone for home delivery in p...
Apr 26, 2012 Local News
Only 60% of Miyazaki Livestock Farmers Back in Business after Hoof-and-Mouth
A survey conducted two years after foot-and-mouth disease devastated the livestock industry in Miyazaki Prefecture found that only 59% of the farmers have resumed their business. A...
Apr 19, 2012 Local News
First Decline in Kyushu Contracts with Independent Power Producers
Kyushu Electric Power revealed that as of April 1, the number of contracts for power consumers to purchase electrical power from suppliers other than Kyushu Electric totaled 1,704,...
Apr 19, 2012 Local News
Public Works Construction Down Second Straight Year
The Fukuoka branch of West Japan Construction Surety released its study of trends in public works construction projects in Kyushu and Okinawa in FY 2011, which shows that the aggre...
Apr 19, 2012 Local News
Shibaura Group to Build Megasolar Plant in Saga City
Shibaura Group Holdings of Kitakyushu revealed it had signed an agreement with Saga City to build a megasolar power plant there on the site of a water purification plant that’s bee...
Apr 19, 2012 Local News
Chinese Solar Cell Company Eyes Kyushu
Chinese solar cell manufacturer Hareon Solar Corp. announced plans to open a Japanese subsidiary in Fukuoka City, the Chinese press is reporting. The objective is to establish a pr...
Apr 19, 2012 Local News
Kyushu Auto Production Tops 1.3 Million Units
A Nishinippon Shimbun survey revealed that aggregate automobile production in Kyushu in FY 2011 exceeded 1.3 million units.
Apr 19, 2012 Local News
Fukuoka Coop Nori Sales Down 20%
A Fukuoka Prefecture-based Ariake Sea fisheries cooperative conducted the final sales of the season for the nori cultivated in the prefecture.