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Sep 2, 2010 Local News
National Income Tax Receipts Down in Kyushu for Third Straight Year
The Fukuoka and Kumamoto Regional Taxation Bureaus announced the status of national tax receipts in Kyushu for FY 2009. The aggregate total for the seven prefectures was 2.5065 tri...
Sep 2, 2010 Local News
Solaria Plaza to Reopen after Remodeling
Solaria Plaza, the Tenjin shopping complex operated by Nishi Nippon Railroad (Nishitetsu), is set to reopen on September 10 after extensive remodeling. The facility targets women a...
Sep 2, 2010 Local News
School for Yakitori to Open in Kurume
The Kurume Yakitori Cultural Promotion Association of Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, which has the largest number of yakitori shops per capita in Japan, plans to begin offering instru...
Sep 2, 2010 Local News
Akune City Council Convenes as Dispute with Mayor Continues
Mayor Takehara Shinichi of Akune, Kagoshima Prefecture, is embroiled in a long-running dispute with City Council over city governance issues. Chief among them is his decision to sh...
Sep 2, 2010 Local News
Half as Many Kyushu Moneylenders in One Year
The Financial Services Agency reports that the number of companies in the money lending business in the seven Kyushu prefectures as of the end of June had fallen to 369, a 50.2% dr...
Sep 2, 2010 Local News
FFG to Boost Sales Activities of Shinwa Bank
The Fukuoka City-based Fukuoka Financial Group announced it would beef up the business activities of the Shinwa Bank of Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, one of the local banks it opera...
Sep 2, 2010 Local News
Yaskawa Electric to Apply Robotics for Electric Car Device
Kitakyushu-based Yaskawa Electric revealed it has started work on the development of a fully-automated recharging stand for electric cars using its robotics technology. A robot arm...
Sep 2, 2010 Local News
Center Develops New Electric Wheelchair
The Veda International Robot R&D Center of Munekata, Fukuoka Prefecture, has developed a new electric wheelchair very convenient for the elderly. It is now at the prototype st...
Aug 26, 2010 Local News
Korea Air Express to Start Charter Service Between Busan and Goto
Korea Air Express, a South Korean commuter airline, announced that it was moving ahead with plans to launch a charter service between Busan, South Korea, and Goto, Nagasaki Prefect...
Aug 26, 2010 Local News
Kitakyushu to Prohibit Smoking in Municipal Buildings Next January
The city of Kitakyushu announced that it will prohibit smoking in 21 municipal buildings next January, including City Hall and the City Council building. It will then become the fi...