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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 ...
Oct 13, 2011 Local News
Fukuoka Financial Group Supports Asian Expansion
The Fukuoka City-based Fukuoka Financial Group, which operates several regional banks, will establish liaison officers in 88 of its affiliated bank branches at the end of October t...
Oct 13, 2011 Local News
New Auto Industry Research Group Launched
The Kyushu Economic Federation and the Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade, and Industry have launched a group to conduct research into the future of the auto industry. Topics to be st...
Oct 13, 2011 Local News
Tsukasa Electric to Build R&D Center in Fukuoka
Tokyo-based Tsukasa Electric, a machine parts manufacturer expanding its operations in China, revealed that it will build an R&D center in Fukuoka City. The company explained ...
Oct 6, 2011 Local News
Kyushu Electric and Saibu Gas to Raise Rates
Both Kyushu Electric Power and Saibu Gas will raise their rates in November to reflect the higher costs of imported fuel and materials. It will be the ninth consecutive monthly rat...
Oct 6, 2011 Local News
Nishi-Nippon City Bank Tops List of Regional Main Banks
A survey by the Fukuoka branch of Teikoku Databank of the main banks used by regional companies shows that the Nishi-Nippon City Bank tops the list for the second year in a row. A ...
Oct 6, 2011 Local News
Water Treatment Plant Diffusion Rate Lower than National Average
The Kyushu Regional Development Bureau for the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport released a report on the diffusion of sewer systems and other water treatment plans i...
Oct 6, 2011 Local News
Kitakyushu to Convert All Road Illumination to LEDs
The city of Kitakyushu will convert all the road lighting it manages — about 26,000 installations — to low power consumption light emitting diodes over the next 15 year...