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Nov 24, 2011 Local News
New Oita Station Building to Open in 2015
JR Kyushu released an overview of plans for the Shin-Oita Station building that will open in Oita City in 2015. The facility will be a commercial complex that will be 22 stories hi...
Nov 24, 2011 Local News
More People Head to Hakata for Shopping
The Kyushu branch of the Development Bank of Japan released the results of its survey into the effect of the new JR Hakata Station building on local shopping patterns. The survey s...
Nov 24, 2011 Local News
Facility for Treating Female Prison Inmates with Mental Disorders Completed
A ceremony was held to mark the completion of the work conducted by the Justice Ministry to remodel and expand the prison hospital in Kitakyushu. It now includes Kyushu’s first fac...
Nov 24, 2011 Local News
Kagoshima Governor Opposes Moving Field Carrier Landing Practice to Mageshima
Kagoshima Prefecture Gov. Yuichiro Ito has declared his personal opposition to the Defense Ministry’s planned move of American land-based carrier landings by naval aircraft to the ...
Nov 24, 2011 Local News
Hawks Win Japan Series
The Fukuoka Softbank Hawks blanked the Chunichi Dragons 3-0 in the seventh game of the Japan Series to win their first national title in eight years. It is the fifth title for the ...
Nov 17, 2011 Local News
JBIC to Invest in Kyushu Electric LNG Project
The Japan Bank for International Cooperation has signed an agreement with Kyushu Electric Power’s Australian subsidiary to lend about four million dollars for the production of liq...
Nov 17, 2011 Local News
Panasonic to Close Kagoshima Semiconductor Plant
Panasonic Semiconductor Opto Devices will close its semiconductor plant in Hioki, Kagoshima Prefecture, next spring, it was learned. Panasonic Semiconductor, the parent company, to...
Nov 17, 2011 Local News
Kyushu – Korea Ferry Traffic Plunges 33%
The Kyushu District Transport Bureau reports that traffic on the high-speed ferries sailing between Kyushu/Yamaguchi Prefecture and South Korea in the first half of FY 2011 fell to...
Nov 17, 2011 Local News
Kyushu Shinkansen Ridership Exceeds Expectations in Q2
JR Kyushu has released the figures for the daily ridership on the Kyushu Shinkansen from July to September. The number of people using the train was above initial projections at ni...
Nov 17, 2011 Local News
Nishitetsu to Launch Longest Expressway Bus Route
Nishi-Nippon Railroad of Fukuoka City and Seibu Kanko Bus of Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, announced that starting December 8, they will begin operation of the longest expressway...