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Nov 15, 2012 Local News
Hoken 100-Ban Opens Franchised Outlet in LA
Hoken 100-Ban, an insurance agency based in Kasuya-machi, Fukuoka Prefecture, opened a franchised outlet in Los Angeles, California. It is the agency’s second overseas franchised o...
Nov 15, 2012 Local News
More than 100 Regional Bankruptcies in October
The Fukuoka branch of Tokyo Shokoh Research released its statistics for bankruptcies with liabilities exceeding 10 million yen in Kyushu and Okinawa Prefecture in October. There wa...
Nov 15, 2012 Local News
Saga Prefecture to Borrow Money for Cancer Facility
Saga Prefecture revealed that it would borrow from financial institutions 2.87 billion yen of the 15 billion yen in general operating expenses required for the Kyushu International...
Nov 15, 2012 Local News
Toyota Subsidiary to Begin Business for Assisted Travel
Toyota Kyushu Subsidiary Hello Life and Matsukawa Taxi, which has a license for transporting people requiring long-term care, have formed an agreement to operate a business in whic...
Nov 15, 2012 Local News
One Company in Four Negatively Affected by Soured Sino-Japanese Ties
The Fukuoka branch of Teikoku Databank released the results of its survey of805 Kyushu companies on the impact of the worsening of Japan-China relations. A total 23% said they had ...
Nov 15, 2012 Local News
New Luggage Wrapping Service at Fukuoka Airport
Beginning today (11/15), Fukuoka International Airport is offering passengers a new baggage wrapping service. The service center is located on the 3F of the International Terminal ...
Nov 14, 2012 Local News
New Mall for Hakozaki
A new shopping mall ‘Hakozaki Mall’, will be built near Hakozaki-gu Shrine, Higashi-ku. The two story mall has announced Max Value supermarket, Drug Eleven and the clothing store, ...
Nov 14, 2012 Local News
Kego Park Reopens Dec. 1
It was announced that Kego Park in Tenjin will reopen on Dec 1. The layout has been improved to promote public safety at night and the space will have a more open feeling. Sidewalk...
Nov 13, 2012 Local News
Kyushu University Students Open International Cafe in Itoshima
A group of Kyushu University students, including overseas students, will open a monthly cafe in the Itoshima shopping arcade. The cafe, named “Global Cafe Itookashi” opens on Dec. ...
Nov 13, 2012 Local News
Fukuoka International School Students Volunteer in Miyagi
Eight students from Fukuoka International School spent one week volunteering in Minamisanriku-cho, Miyagi. This area was severely affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake of Mar...