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Oct 4, 2012 Local News
Four Regional Banks Launch Fund for Startups
Four northern Kyushu regional banks, including the Nishi-Nippon City Bank, have launched the Kyushu Entrepreneur Club Fund to provide financial support to venture capital-backed co...
Oct 4, 2012 Local News
Ninth Straight Loss for Aeon Kyushu
Aeon Kyushu released its interim results for the current fiscal year, which shows 374 million yen in current profit for the period, a 77.3% year-on-year rise, on 122.59 billion yen...
Oct 4, 2012 Local News
Sewer Line Aging Becomes Serious
The Nishinippon Shimbun reports that the accidents caused by aging sewer lines installed during the period of rapid growth in the 60s are increasing. During 2011, the newspaper rep...
Oct 4, 2012 Local News
Tour Slated for Kyushu Bridges
The West Nippon Expressway Company will sponsor a bus tour of the famous bridges in Kumamoto, Miyazaki, and Oita prefectures for two days and one night from November 3-4. These tou...
Oct 4, 2012 Local News
Crisis for Regional Department Stores
With Hamaya’s announcement that it would close its outlet in Omura, Nagasaki Prefecture, the Nishinippon Shimbun reports that regional department stores are facing a crisis brought...
Oct 4, 2012 Local News
Toyota Kyushu to Cut Production by 20%
Toyota Motor said that its Fukuoka Prefecture-based subsidiary Toyota Kyushu would reduce production by 20%, centered on the upscale Lexus sold in the China market. The anti-Japane...
Oct 4, 2012 Local News
Roof Megasolar Installation in Kumamoto
Fukuoka City-based Rohasu Solar Japan, a company selling and installing solar generators, has leased the roof of a warehouse in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, and will install a...
Oct 4, 2012 Local News
Taxi Driver Tour Guide
The Fukuoka Taxi Association has published a guidebook to increase taxi drivers’ knowledge of Fukuoka’s tourist spots. The book, which is A5 size, with color photos, is great quali...
Oct 4, 2012 Local News
Stay in Oita for Free!
In an attempt to reverse further decline in population, Oita City is now offering free trial stays in its countryside areas of Notsuhara and Saganosekimachi. The project hopes to s...
Oct 2, 2012 Local News
Yatai Village in Kitakyushu
A new “yatai village” opened in Kokura’s Kyomachi district in Kitakyushu. Local companies in Kitakyushu have been planning the idea for a long time, and are happy to finally see it...