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Dec 14, 2022 Local News
Apple CEO Tim Cook Visits Kumamoto
Sony Group announced on December 13 that Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc., visited Sony's factory in Kumamoto Prefecture on the same day during his visit to Japan. Sony Group is Apple's...
Dec 14, 2022 Local News
JAL To Join Oita Space Airport Project
Japan Airlines announced on Dec. 12 that it would participate in a project being considered by Oita Prefecture, Sierra Space, and Kanematsu to use Oita Airport as a landing site fo...
Dec 5, 2022 Local News
Matsuda Sangyo to Build New Plant in Kitakyushu
Matsuda Sangyo, a recycler of precious metals, will build a new plant in Kitakyushu City, its first in Kyushu. Construction will begin in fiscal 2023 on a roughly 60,000 m2 site in...
Dec 5, 2022 Local News
Hong Kong-based Cram School Curioo Expands its Japan Operations with an Eye on Kyushu
Curioo, a Hong Kong-based cram school that focuses on enhancing children's creativity, is opening more schools in Kyushu. The school aims to boost skills like entrepreneurship and ...
Dec 5, 2022 Local News
Fukuoka Foreign Investment Promotion Seminar to be Held Online
On Dec. 21, the Prefecture-sponsored Fukuoka Foreign Investment Promotion Seminar will be held online. Although the social situation has changed drastically due to the COVID-19 pan...
Dec 5, 2022 Local News
JR Kyushu To Do More Business in Tenjin
JR Kyushu accelerates their Tenjin-based business. While JR Hakata Station and its surrounding area were once recognized as the area of focus of Kyushu Railway Company’s business, ...
Nov 30, 2022 Local News
Fukuoka Venture Business Partners Launched 7 billion Fund
FFG Venture Business Partners set up its third fund for investing in new businesses. The ¥7 billion fund will support innovators of Kyushu-based university startups and further afi...
Nov 18, 2022 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture to Register and Introduce SDG Compliant Companies
Fukuoka Prefecture has launched a program to register and introduce companies and organizations in the prefecture that are actively working toward achieving the Sustainable Develop...
Nov 18, 2022 Local News
More Kyushu Companies Back in the Black
Approximately 56% of Kyushu-based companies reported an increased profit for the 2022 April-September term. Economic reactivation following the impact of the pandemic pushed up rev...
Nov 10, 2022 Local News
Kyushu Startup Business Plan Contest Winner
Kyushu Yamaguchi Venture Market presented its 2022 Grand Prize to Ongrit Holdings. The Fukuoka-based startup developed a mini-camera-based system that creates additional use cases ...
