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Aug 14, 2008 Local News
Kyushu White Paper for Agriculture Released
The Kyushu Regional Agricultural Administration Office released its White Paper for business year 2007 on the state of agriculture in the region. The paper notes that profitability...
Aug 14, 2008 Local News
JAL Route Adjustments Impact Kyushu
Japan Airlines announced planned changes to its international and domestic routes, and several of those changes will have an effect on Kyushu. JAL will eliminate its Fukuoka-Shangh...
Aug 14, 2008 Local News
Miyazaki Bank Projecting Record Losses
The Miyazaki Bank of Miyazaki City announced it has revised its non-consolidated earnings projections downward for the year ending March 2009. After several large bankruptcies amon...
Aug 14, 2008 Local News
Kyushu University Group Develops New Catalyst
A research team at the Kyushu University Center for Future Chemistry has developed the world’s first nickel catalyst for extracting electrons from water at a constant temperature a...
Aug 14, 2008 Local News
Tadao Ando to Design New JR Kumamoto Station Building
Kumamoto Prefecture announced that an agreement has been reached with famed architect Tadao Ando to design the new building at the JR Kumamoto Station in conjunction with the openi...
Aug 7, 2008 Local News
Kagoshima Bank to Launch Agricultural Fund
The Kagoshima Bank of Kagoshima City will join with six local companies to launch the Agricluster Fund for companies in the agricultural sector in southern Kyushu this month. It wi...
Aug 7, 2008 Local News
Fuel Prices Put Kyushu Ferries in a Bind
The Kyushu Long-Distance Ferry Association reported the results of its survey of six companies with eight routes starting and ending in Kyushu for the ratio of fuel costs to operat...
Aug 7, 2008 Local News
Kyushu Capital Investment Down 1.7%
The Kyushu branch of the Development Bank of Japan revealed the results of its survey of trends for capital investment in the seven Kyushu prefectures in 2008. It found that compan...
Aug 7, 2008 Local News
FFG Creates Consulting Firm for Corporate Clients
Fukuoka Financial Group member Fukuoka Bank announced the formation of the FFG Business Consulting Co., which will specialize in providing consulting services to the corporate cust...
Aug 7, 2008 Local News
Saga Think Tank to Disband
The only think tank in Saga Prefecture, the Saga Economic Survey Association, announced it will disband next month. The association said that the number of requests for surveys has...
