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Jun 14, 2012 Local News
Kyushu Electric Share Price Slips below 900 Yen
The share price of Kyushu Electric Power last week slid to 892 yen, the first time since December 26, 1983, that it was below 900 yen. It finally closed for the day at 924 yen. The...
Jun 14, 2012 Local News
Four Local Broadcasters Post Higher Profits
The five private sector broadcasters headquartered in Fukuoka City released their business results for the fiscal year ended March 2011. Though revenue from spot commercials (those...
Jun 14, 2012 Local News
Kyushu Electric Signs Safety Agreement with Nagasaki Prefecture
Kyushu Electric Power signed a safety agreement with Nagasaki Prefecture and the cities of Matsuura, Sasebo, Hirado, and Ikki in the event of an accident or a disaster at the utili...
Jun 14, 2012 Local News
Protester Behavior Prevents Discussion at Kitakyushu Meeting
The city of Kitakyushu convened a town meeting to enable Mayor Kenji Kitahashi to explain to the citizens the policy of accepting rubble from the Tohoku area for incineration local...
Jun 14, 2012 Local News
Kyushu Electric Calls for 10% Cutbacks for 13-Hour Period
With the region’s nuclear power plants still idled, Kyushu Electric Power announced it will expand the time period during which it will request a minimum 10% cutback in power consu...
Jun 14, 2012 Local News
Regional Companies Less Likely to be Interested in Overseas Presence
The Fukuoka Branch of Teikoku Databank revealed the results of its survey showing that companies in Kyushu and Okinawa Prefecture are less likely than those nationwide to be intere...
Jun 14, 2012 Local News
Condo Supply Soars in Fukuoka City
Fukuoka City-based Jutaku Ryutsu Shimposha, a company that surveys the condominium market, issued a report on the rental condo market in Fukuoka City in 2011. There was an increase...
Jun 13, 2012 Local News
Fault Lines Found Under Itoshima
Researchers at Kyushu University’s Faculty of Engineering have discovered two large changes in the fault lines under the northwest area of Itoshima. Professor Nishijima said that h...
Jun 13, 2012 Local News
Halal Accrediting NPO opens in Fukuoka
The Nippon Asia Halal Association (NAHA) has just opened their first branch in Kyushu. They aim to accredit Japanese food producers in Kyushu who pass stringent checks, as Halal ap...
Jun 13, 2012 Local News
Starflyer offers 1 day trips between Kitakyushu to Busan
Kitakyushu’s local airline, Starflyer, has announced return day trips to Busan, Korea starting from July. The flights will be 6600 yen return in July. In August and September they ...