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May 18, 2021 Local News
Kyushu-based banks reported increased revenue for FY 2020
Over 60% of the local banks in Kyushu and Yamaguchi reported increased net revenues for 2020. Twenty regional banks have recently notified consolidated accounts for the 2021 March ...
May 14, 2021 Local News
Solaseed Air (Miyazaki) and Air Do (Hokkaido) Merger
Miyazaki City-based Solaseed Air Inc. announced plans to merge with Airdo Co., Ltd. in Hokkaido. The two airlines aim to reach an agreement to establish a new air carrier by the fa...
May 14, 2021 Local News
JR Kyushu Post First Loss Since Public Listing
Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) reported its first consolidated loss since it was listed on the Tokyo stock exchange. The president of the company, Toshihiko Aoyagi, explained a...
May 12, 2021 Local News
Rainy Season Begins in Southern Kyushu
On May 11, the Japan Meteorological Agency announced the rainy season has begun in Southern Kyushu, nineteen days earlier than on average. The second-earliest rainy season on recor...
May 11, 2021 Local News
Kyushu’s Next Shinkansen Route Name Announced
The name of the new shinkansen route between Takeo-onsen and Nagasaki was officially announced recently as ‘Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen’ (West Kyushu Shinkansen.) According to the pres...
May 11, 2021 Local News
Lower Than Average Percentage of Female Assembly Members in Kyushu
The percentage of female local assembly members in the Kyushu-Okinawa region remains lower than the national average. According to a report by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and ...
Apr 28, 2021 Local News
Toyota x Groovenauts AI program for Logistics Solutions
Toyota Motor Kyushu, Inc. and Fukuoka-based startup, Groovenauts, Inc., announced a joint project to develop an AI-based program to improve logistic efficiency. It will apply Groov...
Apr 27, 2021 Local News
Kyudai And Trial Supermarket Big Data Collaboration
Kyushu University announced a collaboration with Trial Holdings incorporating the use of big data. The two organizations partnered in developing a new healthtech project based on.....
Apr 26, 2021 Local News
Local Collaboration to Launch Smartphone-based Digital Coupon Business
Kyushu Electric Power (Kyuden) Chikuho Bank and SBI Holdings will establish a company to support the digitization of regional premier coupons...
Apr 23, 2021 Local News
Motion Picture Minamata (Kumamoto) with Johnny Depp Announced
“Minamata,” a Johnny Depp-starring period film about the environmental disaster in Minamata (Kumamoto Prefecture,) will be released in Japan in September 2021. Directed by Andrew L...