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Sep 27, 2012 Local News
Honda to Begin Production of New Large Bike in Kumamoto
Honda Motors announced it will begin production of its new large motorcycle in February 2013 at their only domestic motorcycle plant in Kumamoto Prefecture. The new product is desi...
Sep 27, 2012 Local News
Kyushu’s First Flight Simulator Shown to Media
Kitakyushu-based Starflyer showed the news media the flight simulator it installed at its training center near the Kitakyushu Airport. It is the first simulator in Kyushu for jet a...
Sep 27, 2012 Local News
Mitsubishi Electric to Boost Capacity of Fukuoka City Plant
Mitsubishi Electric said it plans to build a new wing at its Fukuoka City plant for the design and manufacture of new power semiconductors with 10 times the capacity of the current...
Sep 27, 2012 Local News
Yaskawa Electric to Focus on Servomotor Business
Kitakyushu-based Yaskawa Electric announced a policy of making their production facilities more efficient to deal with the protracted appreciation of the yen. The company plans to...
Sep 27, 2012 Local News
Free Asia Art Map 2012
A group of Fukuoka graphic designers called “Fukuoka Art Tips” has just released the third edition of their free Kyushu, Okinawa and Asia Art Map. The new map is larger than previo...
Sep 27, 2012 Local News
Blackout at Solaria Plaza
On 9/25 at around 19:20, Solaria Plaza’s 7F~17F experienced a sudden blackout that lasted around 20 mins. Power was lost in the hotel’s guest rooms, the movie theatre, gym and beau...
Sep 25, 2012 Local News
CCA Kitakyushu Develops a Font
As Kitakyushu prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary of participating in municipal government, the city looks upon a new challenge– to introduce Kitakyushu’s local products to ...
Sep 24, 2012 Local News
Nostalgic Manga Posters on Display
Until Oct 1, Maruzen Gallery in Tenjin’s Junkudo Bookshop will display 60 manga posters of the Showa Era (1926-1989). The posters include Astro Boy and Cyborg 009. Some posters wil...
Sep 24, 2012 Local News
Fukuoka City Green Town Association Award
The plant-covered building, Grand Vision’ in Tenjin, Yakuin Business Garden in Yakuin, WITH THE STYLE FUKUOKA in Hakata-minami, the residence of Tamae and Fujimoto in Teriha, and t...
Sep 21, 2012 Local News
Baby Seal Gets a Name
The baby sea lion at Marine World has been given the name “Karin”, after an appeal to the public from the aquarium for ideas of a name. 406 of the 7048 entries were for “Karin”. V...