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Sep 8, 2011 Local News
Kyushu Regional Banks to Back Kyushu Electric
Kyushu’s 17 regional banks have decided to join together to provide more than 100 million yen in loans to Kyushu Electric. The suspension of nuclear power plants is causing the uti...
Sep 8, 2011 Local News
Saibu Gas to Cut Rates
Saibu Gas of Fukuoka filed a notification with the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry that it planned to reduce rates on October 1. It is the utility’s first rate adjustment ...
Sep 8, 2011 Local News
Kyushu Companies Struggle to Hire Students from Overseas
Local Kyushu companies are anxious to establish a presence overseas, particularly in Asia, and this requires hiring people from those countries. Yet the employment of foreigners st...
Sep 8, 2011 Local News
Delta Airlines to Launch Fukuoka – Honolulu Route
Delta Airlines announced it will inaugurate regularly scheduled seasonal flights between Fukuoka City and Honolulu on December 28. Other airlines, including JAL and Northwest, have...
Sep 8, 2011 Local News
Sixth Fukuoka – Busan Forum Held
The sixth Fukuoka – Busan Forum for discussions between leaders of business and academia was held on the 3rd in Fukuoka City. The forum’s primary topic was the effect of the Tohoku...
Sep 8, 2011 Local News
Q’Sai Mulling Kale Sales
Food product manufacturer and seller Q’Sai of Fukuoka City, whose mainstay product is the health beverage Aojiro, have begun examining the potential for marketing the vegetable kal...
Sep 1, 2011 Local News
City Bulletin Sep. 2011
Selected news topics by Fukuoka Now from Fukuoka's Shisei Dayori. This month: experience Fukuoka’s charm and culture, take the subway to the Hojoya at Hakozaki-gu for a taste of Fu...
Sep 1, 2011 Local News
Bank of Fukuoka to Open Two Asian Branches
The Bank of Fukuoka, a member of the Fukuoka Financial Group, announced it will open offices in Singapore and Bangkok by next March. The bank already has offices in Shanghai, Dalia...
Sep 1, 2011 Local News
Smartphone Lounge Opens in Fukuoka City
The Fukuoka City branch of NTT DoCoMo Kyushu opened a smartphone lounge in the city’s Nishitetsu Grand Hotel. The objective is to communicate the appeal of the increasingly popular...
Sep 1, 2011 Local News
Nissan Donates E-Car Charger to Kumamoto Prefecture
Nissan Motors donated an electric vehicle charger to Kumamoto Prefecture last week, marking the automaker’s first such donation to any local government in Japan. Kumamoto Prefectur...