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Nov 18, 2010 Local News
58% of Kyushu’s Primary Companies Post Profit Increases
According to the interim financial results released on the 12th, 58%, or 31 of the 53 primary Kyushu companies for which a comparison is possible either showed an increase in profi...
Nov 18, 2010 Local News
Orec Takes Riding Mower to American Market
Orec, based in Hirokawa-cho, Fukuoka Prefecture, has launched a full-scale effort to sell what it calls its “ride-on bush cutter”, a riding mower capable of handling tall grass, in...
Nov 18, 2010 Local News
Kyushu Prefectures: Build More Highways Before Making them Free
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport sent questionnaires to all the prefectural governments asking their opinion on the trials conducted in which tolls were removed ...
Nov 18, 2010 Local News
Soichiro Takashima New Fukuoka City Mayor
Former KBC announcer Soichiro Takashima prevailed in a field of eight candidates to win election as the new mayor of Fukuoka City. Takashima was backed by both the Liberal-Democrat...
Nov 18, 2010 Local News
Historical Explication of Saga Domain Published
Yoshinobu Kawasoe of the Takeo Municipal Library in Saga Prefecture has written a book explaining the historical significance of the old Saga domain. Published by Gendai Shokan, th...
Nov 18, 2010 Local News
Karatsu Tourism Association to Rent out E-Bikes in Genkai-cho
Starting at month-end, the Karatsu Tourism Association will rent out electric-assist bicycles for visitors to Genkai-cho along the Japan Sea coast. The objective is to promote tour...
Nov 18, 2010 Local News
Amakusa Airlines to Offer 8,000 Yen One-Way Tickets to Osaka from Kumamoto
Kumamoto Prefecture-based Amakusa Airlines announced it will launch new service to Osaka’s Itami Airport on December 15. If purchased up to seven days before the flight, tickets wi...
Nov 18, 2010 Local News
Omuta Mega Solar Power Plant Begins Operation
Kyushu Electric Power began operation of its Mega Solar Power Plant in Omuta, Fukuoka Prefecture, on the 15th, on the site of its former coal-burning power plant. A mega solar plan...
Nov 18, 2010 Local News
Star Flyer Moves Headquarters to Kitakyushu Airport
Budget airline Star Flyer moved its corporate headquarters to the Kitakyushu Airport this month. The company said that consolidating business planning and operations management in ...
Nov 11, 2010 Local News
Aeon Kyushu E-Money Card Set for Use in Omuta
Aeon Kyushu, which will open the Aeon Mall Omuta commercial facility in Omuta next spring, will issue on December 10 the Gurutto Waon e-money card for use at Aeon group retail outl...