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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 ...
Nov 10, 2022 Local News
New Logistic Base In Kasuya, Fukuoka
Kyushu Electric Power (Kyuden) and Tokyo-based real estate company, LaSalle, will jointly develop a new logistic base in Kasuya Town. ‘Logi-port Fukuoka Kasuya’ will be the first m...
Nov 2, 2022 Local News
Hiring Foreign Workers in Kyushu Projects Launched
NCB Research & Consulting Co., Ltd. will launch a job-matching service for exchange students in Kyushu. The Nishi-Nippon Financial Holdings affiliate partnered with Tokyo-based Mit...
Nov 2, 2022 Local News
JR Kyushu Profitable For First Time in Three Years
JR Kyushu announced its interim financial results for the current fiscal year on November 1. The company posted a profit for the first time in three years, thanks to the return of ...
Nov 1, 2022 Local News
Kyuden Reports First Loss in Eight Quarters
Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc. announced its second quarter financial results on October 31. Due to rising fuel prices and other factors, the company posted its first ordinary los...
