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Jun 7, 2012 Local News
Semiconductor Manufacturers Shipping Kyushu-Based Production Offshore
The Nishinippon Shimbun reports that historic yen appreciation is driving the large semiconductor manufacturers to shift their Kyushu-based production overseas. There are concerns ...
Jun 3, 2012 Local News
Drug Eleven Focuses on Foreigners in Kyushu/Okinawa
Due to an increase in overseas visitors to Kyushu/Okinawa, Drug Eleven (a subsidiary of JR Kyushu) plans to improve their support and services to foreign customers. Drug Eleven wil...
May 31, 2012 Local News
Mitsui-Matsushima to Buy Interest in Australian Mine
Fukuoka City-based Mitsui-Matsushima announced that it will purchase a 10% stake in an Australian coal mine for the equivalent of 3.2 billion yen through its subsidiary. They also ...
May 31, 2012 Local News
Kyudenko to Restructure Subsidiaries
Fukuoka City-based Kyudenko announced it will launch a major restructuring of its 29 subsidiaries, which are involved with such work as the installation of electrical and climate c...
May 24, 2012 Local News
Fewer Kyushu Companies Mulling Exchange Listing
The Fukuoka branch of Teikoku Databank released the results of its survey of regional companies considering a stock exchange listing. The survey found only 29 companies thinking of...
May 24, 2012 Local News
Shin Idemitsu Enters Megasolar Business
Large gasoline retailer Shin Idemitsu, based in Fukuoka City, has announced they will enter the megasolar power plant business. They plan to open two 2,000 kW generating plants by ...
May 24, 2012 Local News
Twelve Regional Banks Post Downturn in Net Business Profit
The 18 regional banks based in the Kyushu/Yamaguchi region released their business results for the year ended March 2012. Twelve of the 18 banks posted downturns in their net busin...
May 24, 2012 Local News
99 Saganet Wins Ministry Award
A system in Saga Prefecture in which ambulance personnel use iPads to determine the nearest hospital that can accept emergency patients, popularly known as 99 Saganet, has won the ...
May 17, 2012 Local News
Kitakyushu Bank Turns Profit in Six Months
The Yamaguchi Financial Group announced the financial results for the Kitakyushu Bank for the year ended March 2012. Though the bank had been in operation only six months, they ach...
May 17, 2012 Local News
Tarumizu Amberjack Exports to Macao Begin
The fishery cooperative in Tarumizu, Kagoshima Prefecture, breeds the largest volume of amberjack in Japan. The cooperative began exports of the amberjack to Macao, China, earlier ...
