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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...
Oct 21, 2010 Local News
Chinese, South Korean Companies Participate in Kitakyushu Trade Fair
A total of 230 companies from Japan, China, and South Korea exhibited environmental products at Eco-Techno 2010, a Kitakyushu trade fair, on the 13th. About 50 of the corporate par...
Oct 21, 2010 Local News
Hotto Motto to Begin Home Delivery
Takeout bento chain Hotto Motto, operated by Fukuoka City-based Plenus, will begin a home delivery service at roughly 100 shops nationwide by the end of February 2011. The objectiv...
Oct 21, 2010 Local News
Names on Politicians’ Expenditure Receipts Blacked Out
The names of the recipients of the money were blacked out on receipts submitted by 16 Fukuoka Prefecture assembly members for political research expenditures, it was learned. As a ...
Oct 21, 2010 Local News
Kyushu’s Largest Retailers and Restaurant Chains Release Interim Reports
The 10 largest retailers and restaurant companies in Kyushu released their interim reports for the current fiscal year. While sales revenue fell for seven of those companies, inclu...
Oct 21, 2010 Local News
Fukuoka Ranks Sixth as Corporate President Birthplace
The Fukuoka Branch of Tokyo Shokoh Research revealed the results of its survey inquiring into the hometowns of company presidents and the universities from which they graduated. Th...
Oct 21, 2010 Local News
Liaison Council Formed to Maximize Shinkansen Benefits
A liaison council composed of 23 local governments, chambers of commerce and industry, and companies in areas located along the Kyushu Shinkansen route slated to open in March 2011...
Oct 21, 2010 Local News
Takeo Produces Traditional Snack Cookbook
Municipal employees and housewives with children in Takeo, Saga Prefecture, interviewed older women in the area to compile a cookbook for traditional snacks. The book, called Tsuku...
Oct 21, 2010 Local News
Canal City #2 to Adopt Differentiation Strategy
Fukuoka Jisho, operators of the large commercial complex Canal City, plans to differentiate the Canal City #2 complex it will open next fall from the shopping areas in the Tenjin d...