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Sep 8, 2011 Local News
New Ship on Shanghai – Fukuoka Freight Route
Tokyo-based Shanghai Super Express revealed plans to increase the number of ships operating between Shanghai and the Port of Hakata. They will add a new ship that makes one round-t...
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 8, 2011 Local News
Saga Prefecture to Set Radiation Monitoring Stations in Prefecture
Saga Prefecture, the location of the Genkai nuclear power plant, said that it would set up 20 stations throughout the prefecture to monitor radiation levels. The prefecture is alre...
Sep 8, 2011 Local News
JR Hakata City Outshining Tenjin
Six months after the opening of the JR Hakata City shopping complex at the JR Hakata Station, statistics indicate they are drawing customers away from the Tenjin area, Kyushu’s lar...
Sep 8, 2011 Local News
Fukuoka Asia Collection Exhibited in Dalian
The first exhibition of the Fukuoka Asia Collection fashion show in Dalian, China, began on September 4th and will last four days. The show includes the presentation of clothing ma...