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Oct 28, 2010 Local News
Chikugo River Festival Stresses Need to Preserve Forests at River Headwaters
The 24th Chikugo River Festival was held over two days in Kokonoe-machi, Oita Prefecture, with the primary theme the need to preserve forests at river headwaters. There was a panel...
Oct 28, 2010 Local News
Bridgestone to Expand Kitakyushu, Saga Plants
Bridgestone released its mid-term business plan for the next five years, which calls for an expansion of its Kitakyushu factory to manufacture extra-large radial tires used for con...
Oct 28, 2010 Local News
Kyushu Shinkansen to have Four Osaka-Kagoshima Round Trips Daily
JR Kyushu and JR West announced they will operate four daily roundtrips on the Shinkansen between Osaka and Kagoshima when the Kyushu Shinkansen begins service next March. The tota...
Oct 28, 2010 Local News
Kyushu Bioindustry Group Forms Ties With French Group in Food Sector
The Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade, and Industry announced that the Kyushu Regional Biocluster Promotional Council, a group for developing the regional biotech industry consisting...
Oct 28, 2010 Local News
Efforts Underway to Launch Kitakyushu—Dalian Roundtrip Flights
A travel agency in Dalian, China, is working to establish roundtrip flights between that city and its sister city, Kitakyushu, it was learned. They hope to operate four round-trip ...
Oct 28, 2010 Local News
Sales and Admissions Climb at Huis ten Bosch
Since becoming a subsidiary of travel agency HIS in April, the Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture resort Huis ten Bosch has achieved a recovery in both admissions and sales in the first h...
Oct 28, 2010 Local News
First Wine to be Made in Miyakonojo
Miyakonojo Winery Farm, an agricultural company formed to produce wine using grapes grown in Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, began the process of making its first wine this month....
Oct 28, 2010 Local News
Kyushu Governors’ Council Sets up Seven-Prefecture Administrative Mechanism
With the national government mulling the elimination of local offices for government ministries and agencies and transferring their responsibilities to sub-national governments, th...
Oct 21, 2010 Local News
Hawks Eliminated from Postseason Play
The Chiba Lotte Marines trounced the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks 7-0 in the sixth and final game of the so-called Climax Series (Pacific League playoff series), to eliminate the Hawks f...
Oct 21, 2010 Local News
Ringer Hut Plans Asian Expansion
Nagasaki champon restaurant chain Ringer Hut revealed their mid-term business plan, which calls for expansion into Asia. The chain’s group had 578 shops as of the end of August, an...