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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.
Apr 19, 2012 Local News
Hakata Daimaru Revenue Down for Sixth Straight Year
The Hakata Daimaru department store company based in Fukuoka City announced that sales for the year ended February 2012 totaled 60.714 billion yen, an 8.9% year-on-year decline. Th...
Apr 12, 2012 Local News
Kyushu Mergers and Acquisitions Up
Tokyo-based Recof released the results of its survey of corporate mergers and acquisitions in the seven Kyushu prefectures in FY 2011.
Apr 12, 2012 Local News
Ringer Hut to Close Fukuoka Headquarters
Ringer Hut, the restaurant chain that specializes in Nagasaki champon, will close its Fukuoka headquarters by the end of June. The objective is to centralize the main office functi...
Apr 12, 2012 Local News
Kitakyushu Working to Attract Companies to Unused Factory Tracts
The city of Kitakyushu has adopted a policy that designates currently idled land with factories in the city as “public industrial parks within a company”, and will try to attract c...
Apr 12, 2012 Local News
JR Kyushu Takes Steps for Exchange Listing
JR Kyushu released its mid-term business plan that calls for the company to be listed on the stock exchange by FY 2016. If they are listed, they would be the first of the three JR ...
