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Apr 21, 2011 Local News
Hataka – Kumamoto Route on Kyushu Shinkansen Underperforming
Initial statistics released one month after the complete opening of the Kyushu Shinkansen route show that a total of roughly 746,000 riders used the route between Hakata and Kumamo...
Apr 21, 2011 Local News
Nissan and Daihatsu Production in Kyushu Results Mixed
Auto production by Nissan Kyushu and Daihatsu Kyushu in March was roughly half of that originally projected, it was learned. The cutbacks stemmed from an inability to procure parts...
Apr 21, 2011 Local News
Starflyer Buys First Aircraft
Starflyer Airlines of Kitakyushu announced they had purchased two Airbus 320 aircraft, the company’s first purchase of its own aircraft. They’ve been leasing all the airplanes they...
Apr 21, 2011 Local News
Kyocera Subsidiary Establishes Training Facility in Fukuoka
Kyocera subsidiary Kyocera Solar Corporation, involved with the installation and sale of solar power systems in Japan, has established the KSC Training Center in Fukuoka City. It r...
Apr 21, 2011 Local News
Hakata Daimaru Posts First Profit in Five Years
The Hakata Daimaru department store of Fukuoka City revealed it had posted 2.863 billion yen in current profit on a non-consolidated basis for the year ended February 2011, an 8.3%...
Apr 21, 2011 Local News
South Korean Travel Agency Uses Blogger Tour to Promote Kyushu Travel
Hana Tour, one of South Korea’s largest travel agencies, is promoting tours of Kyushu by bringing about 100 bloggers on a trip to see it for themselves. The number of South Korean ...
Apr 21, 2011 Local News
Best Denki Turns First Profit in Three Years
Fukuoka City-based consumer electronics mass merchandiser Best Denki released figures for its business performance during the year ended February 2011. Sales fell by 1.3% from the ...
Apr 21, 2011 Local News
2010 Kyushu Auto Production Tops One Million
The aggregate production of the four automakers in Kyushu in FY 2010 reached 1.08 million units, the Nishinippon Shimbun reported. This represents an increase from the 2009 total o...
Apr 21, 2011 Local News
No Pay Raises for Unions this Year
The spring salary negotiations between labor unions and employers in Kyushu have been largely completed, the Nishinippon Shimbun reports. Most companies have maintained their regul...
Apr 14, 2011 Local News
Direct Shinkansen Service between Kagoshima and Osaka Has Benefit
JR West President Takayuki Sasaki revealed that the ridership on the direct service between Kagoshima and Osaka is 23 percentage points higher than the other services on the Sanyo ...