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Sep 24, 2010 Local News
Japanese Major League Baseball Donates 15 Million Yen to Miyazaki Prefecture
Nippon Professional Baseball, the official organization of major league baseball in Japan, has donated 15 million yen to Miyazaki Prefecture to help offset the losses to livestock ...
Sep 24, 2010 Local News
Local Government to Help Subsidize Kitakyushu Airport as Freight Center
Fukuoka Prefecture and the city of Kitakyushu are working to promote the Kitakyushu airport as a hub for large freight shipments by utilizing its round-the-clock operations. They i...
Sep 24, 2010 Local News
Nishitetsu Displays Art on Buses
The Nishitetsu Bus Co. in Fukuoka City has begun displaying the artwork of those who use facilities for the disabled on selected city buses, called Tokimeki Art Buses. The buses ru...
Sep 24, 2010 Local News
High Yen Accelerates Yaskawa Electric Shift Overseas
The high yen is having a devastating effect on Kyushu-based manufacturers. Kitakyushu-based Yaskawa Electric, a global leader in industrial motors and invertors, says it cannot use...
Sep 24, 2010 Local News
Full Service on Kyushu Shinkansen to Begin on March 12
JR Kyushu announced that full service on the Kyushu Shinkansen would begin on March 12 next year. There will also be direct service on the line to Osaka. A Saturday was selected as...
Sep 24, 2010 Local News
Miyazaki Governor Leaning toward Stepping Down
Miyazaki Prefecture Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru has told several people, including film director/comedian Beat Takeshi, that he does not intend to run for re-election as governor af...
Sep 24, 2010 Local News
Kyushu Employment Opportunities Bleak for High School Students
The government revealed that as of the end of July, the national average for the ratio of employment opportunities for each high school senior who intends to enter the workforce is...
Sep 24, 2010 Local News
Fukuoka Bank to Open Ube Branch
Fukuoka Bank, one of the banks operated by the Fukuoka Financial Group, announced it will open a branch in Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture. The Yamaguchi Financial Group, meanwhile, plan...
Sep 24, 2010 Local News
Electric Outboard Motor Trials Start
Trials of small electric outboard boat motors using no liquid fuel have begun in Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture. They are part of a larger group of trials for energy saving equipmen...
Sep 16, 2010 Local News
Fukuoka Chamber of Commerce Forms Ties with Chongqing Groups
The Fukuoka Chamber of Commerce and Industry announced it had formed an agreement with an economic group affiliated with the city of Chongqing, China, to promote investment and tra...