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Feb 23, 2012 Local News
Kyushu Economic White Paper Released
The Fukuoka City-based Kyushu Economic Research Center has released their Kyushu Economic White Paper for 2012. Based on an analysis of the impact of the Tohoku disaster and the hi...
Feb 23, 2012 Local News
Silicon Belt Summit Held in Fukuoka City
The Silicon Belt Summit Fukuoka 2012 was held in Fukuoka City last week to promote the area as a semiconductor manufacturing base for Kyushu and Asia. About 450 technicians from Ja...
Feb 16, 2012 Local News
Asia Contribution Awards Distributed
The Fukuoka City-based Nishi-Nippon Foundation and the Nishi-Nippon City Bank announced that one person and two groups in the Kyushu region have received the 2011 Asia Contribution...
Feb 16, 2012 Local News
Nagasaki’s Outlying Islands to Use Common Local Currency
The five municipalities on Nagasaki Prefecture’s outlying islands will issue and use a common local currency, it was learned. The use of the currency will entitle the purchase of 1...
Feb 16, 2012 Local News
Nagasaki Promotes Fish in Beijing
Nagasaki City and Nagasaki Prefecture teamed up to conduct an event in Beijing to promote the safety of local fish and fish products, as a way to counteract concerns after the Fuku...
Feb 16, 2012 Local News
Third Company Operates Jetfoils between Fukuoka and Busan
Daea Express Shipping of Pohang, South Korea, become the third company to operate a high-speed jetfoil between the Port of Hakata and Busan on the 10th. The company will operate on...