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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 18, 2008 Local News
Focus Intensifying on Bundled Software
In a special report, the Nishinippon Shimbun described that industry, academia, and government in Kyushu are becoming increasingly interested in bundled software for the automated ...
Apr 18, 2008 Local News
Kurokawa Hot Springs Tops Kyushu Spa List
The Onsen Paradaisu Kyushu website operated by Kyushu Electric Power group company Kyudenko Communications, which enables visitors to make reservations at hot spring resorts in Kyu...
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
Focus Intensifying on Bundled Software
In a special report, the Nishinippon Shimbun described that industry, academia, and government in Kyushu are becoming increasingly interested in bundled software for the automated ...
Apr 18, 2008 Local News
Kurokawa Hot Springs Tops Kyushu Spa List
The Onsen Paradaisu Kyushu website operated by Kyushu Electric Power group company Kyudenko Communications, which enables visitors to make reservations at hot spring resorts in Kyu...
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...
