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Feb 3, 2011 Local News
Saga Prefecture and South Korea’s Jeollanam-do Ink Friendship Pact
Saga Prefecture and South Korea’s Jeollanam-do signed a friendship agreement, which Saga Gov. Yasushi Furukawa called the first step for the prefecture’s Asian diplomacy. Jeollanam...
Feb 3, 2011 Local News
Nagasaki Daimaru to Close
The Hakata Daimaru department store chain announced it would close its Nagasaki store in July after 157 years in business. They attributed the closure to customers preferring to sh...
Feb 3, 2011 Local News
Nisshin Seifun Group to Consolidate Kyushu Production
Tokyo-based Nisshin Seifun Group, a food products company, announced they will build a new flour milling plant in Fukuoka City’s Chuo Ward by the spring of 2014. They will close th...
Feb 3, 2011 Local News
Bank of Fukuoka in Tie-up with Major Chinese Bank
The Bank of Fukuoka revealed it has signed a business agreement with the Jiaotong Bank (Bank of Communications) of Shanghai, one of China’s five biggest banks. In addition to provi...
Feb 3, 2011 Local News
Internet Food Shopping to Start in Kyushu
The Tokyo-based Seiyu supermarket chain plans to provide some of its Kyushu outlets with the capacity to permit customers to shop for products on the net and have them delivered. T...
Feb 3, 2011 Local News
Ferry Service Begins between Gwangyang and Shimonoseki/Kitakyushu
Ferry service has begun between the city of Gwangyang in South Korea and the cities of Shimonoseki and Kitakyushu. The ferry, which is berthed in South Korea, is the Gwangyang Beec...
Feb 3, 2011 Local News
Largest Increase for Kyushu Exports
Moji customs released its figures for exports in 2010 from the Kyushu economic area, which includes Kyushu and Yamaguchi and Okinawa prefectures. The aggregate exports totaled 7.12...
Feb 3, 2011 Local News
Multi-Language E-Message Board for Port of Hakata
The Japan Tourism Agency is taking several steps to assist travelers from overseas at the Port of Hakata as the number of visitors from China arriving on cruise ships is rising sha...
Feb 3, 2011 Local News
Cruise Ship Calls on Kyushu Ports Expected to Fall 20%
The Kyushu Transport Bureau released its projection for planned port calls in Kyushu for 2011 by overseas cruise ships. They expect 120 separate port calls for the entire region du...
Jan 27, 2011 Local News
Avian Flu in Miyazaki
Miyazaki Prefecture announced that the results of a test of 36 chickens that died on a local farm showed that six were positive for avian flu. After the infection was confirmed, al...