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Nov 25, 2010 Local News
Busan Bank Employees Visit FFG on Study Tour
A group of employees from Busan Bank, one of South Korea’s major regional banks, visited the headquarters of Fukuoka Financial Group in Fukuoka City. Busan Bank plans to become a f...
Nov 25, 2010 Local News
Kitakyushu Sends Government and Private Sector Group to Vietnam
The city of Kitakyushu sent a 50-member group consisting of municipal officials in the water department and representatives of 10 local companies to Haiphong, Vietnam, on the 23rd ...
Nov 25, 2010 Local News
Five Fukuoka Companies to Take Stakes in Huis ten Bosch English Village
Kyushu Electric Power, JR Kyushu, and three other major Fukuoka City-based Kyushu companies announced their intention to increase their financial stakes in the venture capital-back...
Nov 25, 2010 Local News
Amami Coral Recovers
Local residents were concerned that a large amount of sedimentation caused by intense rains in the area would destroy the coral reefs off of Amami, Kagoshima Prefecture. Researcher...
Nov 25, 2010 Local News
Kyushu Prefectures to Create Website to Attract Cruise Ships
The Kyushu Cruise Promotion Association, consisting of the Kyushu District Transport Bureau and local governments, met in Fukuoka City and decided to conduct promotions overseas us...
Nov 25, 2010 Local News
LAN Planned for Tenjin Underground Mall Guide
A local council for providing WiFi to the Tenjin district in Fukuoka City said it plans to start trials in January of a LAN for the Tenjin underground shopping mall that will provi...
Nov 25, 2010 Local News
Fukuoka Residents Lack Enthusiasm for Municipal Mergers
The Kyushu Economic Research Center surveyed the opinions of Fukuoka Prefecture residents of the large-scale municipal mergers conducted in recent years, and found that only about ...
Nov 25, 2010 Local News
Aeon Mall Fukutsu to Open in 2012
Chiba-based Aeon Mall announced plans to build a large commercial facility in Fukutsu, Fukuoka Prefecture, which will open in April 2012. The facility, tentatively named Aeon Mall ...
Nov 25, 2010 Local News
Advance Hiring Rate in Kyushu for College Students Worst Ever
Surveys by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health, Welfare of Labor show that as of October 1, the advance hiring of university students in Kyushu and Okinawa Prefect...
Nov 25, 2010 Local News
Five Fukuoka Companies to Take Stakes in Huis ten Bosch English Village
Kyushu Electric Power, JR Kyushu, and three other major Fukuoka City-based Kyushu companies announced their intention to increase their financial stakes in the venture capital-back...