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Aug 4, 2011 Local News
Kyushu Products Selected for Major Made-in-Japan Promotion
The executive committee of Nippon no Shoku Gambare, a group promoting safe and environmentally friendly Japanese processed food products, has selected for its promotional lineup 11...
Aug 4, 2011 Local News
Kyushu University and University of Hong Kong Form Medical Research Ties
The medical schools of Kyushu University and the University of Hong Kong signed a memorandum of understanding to work together on the exchange of academic knowledge. The objective ...
Aug 4, 2011 Local News
Toyota Kyushu Plans 12% Production Increase
Toyota Motors Kyushu revealed plans to build 305,000 vehicles this year, 12% more than they produced last year. One factor behind their decision was the brisk sales of the CT200h L...
Aug 4, 2011 Local News
Nissan Turns Kyushu Plant into Subsidiary
The Nissan Motor Co. spun off its Fukuoka Prefecture plant on August 1 to create Nissan Motor Kyushu. One reason for the move was to keep personnel expenses at Kyushu levels in an ...
Aug 4, 2011 Local News
Chinese Cruise Tourists Critical of Fukuoka
The Fukuoka Asia Urban Research Center released the results of its survey of Chinese tourists visiting Fukuoka City on cruise ships, who have been growing in recent years. Though e...
Aug 4, 2011 Local News
Medical Trainees Continue to Shun Kyushu
Japan has a system it inaugurated to prevent too many new doctors from taking advanced training in the country’s big cities by placing limits on the number of trainees that could b...
Aug 4, 2011 Local News
Nagasaki Daimaru Shuts its Doors after 157 Years
The Nagasaki branch of the Hakata Daimaru department stores closed its doors on the 31st after 157 years in business, and 25,000 shoppers visited for the last day. The store was fo...
Aug 4, 2011 Local News
6,368 Kilograms of Suspected Radioactive Meat in Kyushu
Local government surveys of meat suspected to have been contaminated with radioactive cesium revealed the total in Kyushu amounted to 6,368 kilograms as of August 1. The cesium in ...
Aug 4, 2011 Local News
Kyushu Products Selected for Major Made-in-Japan Promotion
The executive committee of Nippon no Shoku Gambare, a group promoting safe and environmentally friendly Japanese processed food products, has selected for its promotional lineup 11...
Aug 4, 2011 Local News
Kyushu University and University of Hong Kong Form Medical Research Ties
The medical schools of Kyushu University and the University of Hong Kong signed a memorandum of understanding to work together on the exchange of academic knowledge. The objective ...