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Oct 20, 2011 Local News
Japan Power Graphite to Expand Kitakyushu Plant
Tokyo-based Japan Power Graphite, manufacturers and sellers of negative electrode material, which is used for the lithium ion batteries in electric cars, revealed they will expand ...
Oct 20, 2011 Local News
Cabinet Approves Kumamoto as Government-Ordinance Designated City
The Cabinet has approved Kumamoto’s designation as a government-ordinance city, which will give it authority similar to that of a prefecture. The designation will take effect on Ap...
Oct 20, 2011 Local News
Hotel Okura to Operate Huis ten Bosch Hotel
The Nagasaki resort Huis ten Bosch has cancelled its franchising agreement with ANA Hotel JR Huis ten Bosch located next to the facility and will become allied with Hotel Okura Tok...
Oct 20, 2011 Local News
Bank of Saga Begins Handling Chinese and Korean Currency
The Bank of Saga has begun handling Chinese and Korean currency. The primary impetus for the move was that Spring Airlines of China will begin operating regularly scheduled charter...
Oct 20, 2011 Local News
Yaskawa Electric to Strengthen China Operations
Yaskawa Electric of Kitakyushu announced plans to strengthen its operations in China, which it considers to be its most important overseas market. In addition to building a new fac...
Oct 20, 2011 Local News
Kyushu Economic Federation Sends Study Group to Mongolia
The Kyushu Economic Federation sent its first study group to Mongolia on the 17th. The country has some of the world’s largest deposits of copper, molybdenum, and rare earth metals...
Oct 13, 2011 Local News
First Increase in Regional Bankruptcy in Three Years
The Fukuoka branch of Tokyo Shokoh Research reports that corporate bankruptcies with at least 10 million yen in liabilities in the Kyushu – Okinawa Prefecture region in the first h...
Oct 13, 2011 Local News
First Large Retail Store Sales Decline in Seven Months
The Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade, and Industry released figures for large retail store sales in Kyushu and Okinawa Prefecture for August that showed a 0.9% drop from the year be...
Oct 13, 2011 Local News
International Medical Center to be Established at Kumamoto U.
Plans are underway to establish an international center for advanced medical research at Kumamoto University. The Ministry of Education has incorporated the funds for the design an...
Oct 13, 2011 Local News
200 Millionth Customer for Canal City
Canal City, the large Fukuoka City commercial complex, announced it had been visited by 200 million customers since its opening in April 1996. While it took seven and a half years ...