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Nov 14, 2008 Local News
Autos Account for 40% of Kyushu Exports to U.S.
Moji Customs conducted a survey for 2007 that shows exports to the U.S. rose 1.6% from the previous year to 1.975 trillion yen, while imports climbed 18.5% to 437.8 billion yen. Th...
Nov 6, 2008 Local News
Fukuoka City to Conduct Tourism and Exchange Meeting in Seoul
In a bid to strengthen its economic ties with South Korea, Fukuoka City will conduct a briefing on tourism and exchange in Seoul on the 21st this month. Mayor Hiroshi Yoshida will ...
Nov 6, 2008 Local News
Chinese Cruise Ship Companies Eying Kyushu Ports as Destinations
Fukuoka City and other Kyushu cities are growing increasingly interested in promoting themselves as ports of call to cruise ship companies whose cruises originate in China. The obj...
Nov 6, 2008 Local News
Fukuoka-Busan Forum Held
The third Fukuoka-Busan Forum to promote cooperation in the Korea Strait region was held in the South Korean city on the 1st. The theme of the forum was “Challenges and the Vision ...
Nov 6, 2008 Local News
Kyushu Wedding Expenses Average 4.21 Million Yen
Recruit’s annual survey of wedding trends for 2007 found that the total wedding expenses incurred from the yuino ceremony to the honeymoon averaged 4.21 million yen per couple in K...
Nov 6, 2008 Local News
NPO Issues Epoca Point Card for Environmental Benefits
The Kitakyushu-based non-profit organization Town Mobile Network Kitakyushu has launched the Epoca card, in which environmentally friendly activities can be converted to “eco-point...
Nov 6, 2008 Local News
Kyushu Electric Projecting Losses for Fiscal Year
Kyushu Electric Power has revised its projections for both consolidated current profit and consolidated net profit downward to a five billion yen loss for the former and a three bi...
Nov 6, 2008 Local News
Kyushu Regional Bank Stock Portfolio Losses Exceed 32 Billion Yen
Kyushu regional banks have released their interim reports for the year, most of which downgraded their results projections due to falling stock prices that drove up the unrealized ...
Nov 6, 2008 Local News
Korean Travelers Like Kyushu
The Fukuoka City-based market survey company Hospitable found that more than 20% of South Korean tourists who used the high-speed jetfoil ships between Fukuoka City and Busan have ...
Nov 6, 2008 Local News
Toyota Kyushu Plant May Get Own Expressway Exit
Fukuoka Prefecture and the city of Miyawaka are mulling the construction of a special exit from the Kyushu Expressway to serve the Toyota Kyushu Plant and a nearby industrial park ...
