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Jun 10, 2010 Local News
Yaskawa Electric to Create Subsidiary in India
Kitakyushu-based Yaskawa Electric announced plans to create the Yaskawa India subsidiary at the end of August in Bangalore, a city in the southern part of the country. The company ...
Jun 10, 2010 Local News
Low Carbon Center Opens in Kitakyushu
The Asia Low Carbon Center, popularly known as the Asia Green Camp, opened in Kitakyushu with the objective of contributing to lower CO2 emissions in Asian countries with rapid eco...
Jun 10, 2010 Local News
Best Denki to Open Training Center in Fukuoka City
Consumer electronics mass merchandiser Best Denki announced plans to open a training center in Fukuoka City for the study of sales techniques for solar power generating systems. Th...
Jun 10, 2010 Local News
Nishitetsu Overnight Buses to Stop at Canal City
The Nishi-Nippon Railway Co. (Nishitetsu) announced that starting July 1, five of the routes on which it operates late-night expressway buses will stop at Canal City, mid-way betwe...
Jun 10, 2010 Local News
Corporate Bankruptcies Decline by 48%
The Fukuoka branch of Tokyo Shokoh Research released their figures for corporate bankruptcies with liabilities exceeding 10 million yen in the Kyushu – Okinawa region in May. A tot...
Jun 10, 2010 Local News
Family Mart and JR Kyushu in Business Tie-Up
Tokyo-based convenience store chain and JR Kyushu announced a business agreement in which all 115 of the am/pm convenience stores operated through franchise agreements with a JR Ky...
Jun 10, 2010 Local News
Nishitetsu Mulling Love FM Pickup
Love FM, the radio station that broadcasts from Kitakyushu in several languages, is suffering financial problems and may be transferred to the broadcasting arm of Nishitetsu in Fuk...
Jun 10, 2010 Local News
Kyushu Applications for Small Business Debt Relief Total 31,500
The Fukuoka Local Finance Branch Bureau and the Kyushu Local Finance Bureau report that 66 of the primary Kyushu-based financial institutions have received 31,508 requests for the ...
Jun 10, 2010 Local News
Large Retail Store Sales Down 4.4%
The Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade, and Industry announced that large retail stores in the Kyushu – Okinawa region in April totaled 118.3 billion yen. This was a 4.4% decline from...
Jun 10, 2010 Local News
Yufuin Tops List of Popular Tourist Sites Second Year in a Row
Recruit released the results of its 2009 rankings for popular tourist sites in Kyushu, and the hot springs resort of Yufuin, Oita Prefecture, topped the list for the second year in...