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Nov 4, 2010 Local News
Hawks Draft Yamashita
At the Japanese professional baseball draft of amateur players held in Tokyo, the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks were one of four teams to draft pitcher Yuki Saito. The Nippon Ham Fighters...
Nov 4, 2010 Local News
Three Kyushu Cities Promote Kyushu Foods in Tokyo
Fukuoka City, Kumamoto City, and Kagoshima City held a joint trade fair in Tokyo to promote local foods and create sales channels for local companies with the full operation of the...
Nov 4, 2010 Local News
Excess Hydrogen to be Used for Home Power Generation
The hydrogen created as a byproduct at Nippon Steel Corp.’s Yahata Plant in Kitakyushu will be used in fuel cells that do not emit CO2. Those fuel cells will in turn be used by Shi...
Nov 4, 2010 Local News
Restaurants Serving Fukuoka Cuisine to Open in South Korea
Maeil Kyongje, one of South Korea’s three primary milk companies, has signed an agreement with Yamaya of Fukuoka City to operate its chain restaurants in that country. Yamaya’s mai...
Nov 4, 2010 Local News
Sharp Increase In Individual Labor Disputes
The number of individual labor disputes, such as objections to dismissals or unpaid salaries submitted to prefectural boards for resolution, rose to 1,953 in the seven Kyushu prefe...
Nov 4, 2010 Local News
Kyushu Electric Establishes Presence in Taiwan
Kyushu Electric Power revealed that they have purchased a 33.2% stake in a Taiwan-based independent power producer from the Marubeni Corp., which had an 83.2% share in the company....
Nov 4, 2010 Local News
Competition Heats up for Fukuoka Sundries Stores
The Incube Tenjin store selling sundries in Fukuoka City reopened after a facelift that also included an expansion of its sales floor area to make it one of the largest of its type...
Nov 4, 2010 Local News
Saga Has Highest Solar Power Generation Diffusion Rate Nationwide
The Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade, and Industry released the results of its 2009 survey of the rate of diffusion for solar power generation systems for the home. Saga Prefecture ...
Nov 4, 2010 Local News
Increase for Kitakyushu – Inchon Flights
Discount airline Jeju Air of South Korea plans to increase from three to four the number of round-trip flights it operates between Kitakyushu and Seoul. They plan to add the fourth...
Nov 4, 2010 Local News
Competition Heats up for Fukuoka Sundries Stores
The Incube Tenjin store selling sundries in Fukuoka City reopened after a facelift that also included an expansion of its sales floor area to make it one of the largest of its type...