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Jul 24, 2013 Local News
Amu Plaza Kokura Renovation Plans Announced
Kitakyushu-based Kokura Terminal Building, a member of the JR Kyushu group, announced that it will swap out or renovate 15 shops in the western wing of the Amu Plaza Kokura shoppin...
Jul 18, 2013 Local News
More Local Companies Plan to Hire Fresh Grads Next Spring
According to the results of a survey conducted by the Fukuoka Employers’ Association, 20.1% (+8.3% year-on-year) of employers plan to hire more fresh graduates in FY2014, while 14....
Jul 4, 2013 Local News
Toyota Motor Kyushu Production Tops 5 Million
The number of vehicles produced by Toyota Motor Kyushu topped five million since the company’s founding 20 years and six months ago. Toyota Motor Kyushu primarily produces Toyota's...
Jun 27, 2013 Local News
Ichiran to Open Shops in NYC and Hong Kong
Fukuoka-based ramen chain Ichiran will open its first shops in New York by the end of summer 2014. It will open one shop in Manhattan concurrently with a factory/shop in Brooklyn i...
Jun 25, 2013 Local News
Toyota Motor Kyushu Recognized As Locavore
Fukuoka Prefecture has designated Toyota Motor Kyushu as the first “Fukuoka Agriculture Supporter” for the company’s proactive use of local foods in its employee cafeterias. After ...
May 28, 2013 Local News
Saibu Gas Eyes Rate Cut Next Year
In an interview with Nishinippon Shimbun, president of Saibu Gas, Yoshio Sakemi, revealed plans to lower gas rates once the Hibiki Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal in northern Kyu...
May 28, 2013 Local News
City Certifies Incubated Companies
On May 27, Fukuoka City began granting “Incubated in Fukuoka” certification logos to companies that are operating, or have operated, in low-rent incubator spaces for entrepreneurs....
May 27, 2013 Local News
Kyushu Global Human Resource Fair 2013
NCB Research & Consulting Co., Ltd (the investment arm of The Nishi-Nippon City Bank, Ltd. ) holds its “Kyushu Globalized People Fair 2013” this week in Fukuoka. The event, happeni...
May 16, 2013 Local News
FFG Records Highest Profit on Record
On May 13 Fukuoka Financial Group released its consolidated financial statement for the fiscal year ended March 2013 which reveals the company recorded its highest net profit on re...
May 15, 2013 Local News
Health Sciences Grad School to Open in Momochihama
The Tochigi-based International University of Health and Welfare Group has purchased the Kyushu Multimedia Center, a vacant building in the Fukuoka Soft Research Park (SRP) in Momo...
