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Jan 21, 2010 Local News
Problems Plague Construction of Shin-Wakato Highway in Kitakyushu
An inquiry by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport revealed that the project costs for building the Shin-Wakato Highway in Kitakyushu with a tunnel under the Dokai B...
Jan 21, 2010 Local News
Cruise Ships Had Large Economic Benefits for Fukuoka City
Fukuoka City announced the economic benefit from the Chinese cruise ships that called on the Port of Hakata during 2009 amounted to roughly 1.57 billion yen. This year, 66 cruise s...
Jan 21, 2010 Local News
Troubled Izutsu-ya to Get Financial Assistance
Kitakyushu-based Izutsu-ya, the prominent regional department store company, is suffering from financial difficulties. As part of its restructuring plan, it will ask for about 240 ...
Jan 21, 2010 Local News
Aggregate Toyota Kyushu Production Over Four Million Units
Fukuoka Prefecture-based Toyota Kyushu’s aggregate auto production since it opened in December 1992 has climbed above four million units, the company announced. Production at the s...
Jan 21, 2010 Local News
First Hydrogen Hybrid for Use in Kyushu
Mazda Motor Corp. announced it will lease its Premacy hydrogen hybrid with a rotary engine to the Kitakyushu branch of gas company Iwatani. It thus becomes the first hydrogen hybri...
Jan 21, 2010 Local News
Only Two New Buildings Going up in Downtown Fukuoka City This Year
The Fukuoka branch of leasing brokerage firm Miki Shoji revealed the results of its survey showing only two new office buildings are planned to be erected in Fukuoka City’s busines...
Jan 21, 2010 Local News
Kyushu Bankruptcies Drop 24% in 2009
The Fukuoka branch of Tokyo Shoko Research released the results of their survey of 2009 bankruptcies in Kyushu and Okinawa Prefecture with liabilities of at least 10 million yen. A...
Jan 21, 2010 Local News
J.P. Morgan to Establish Presence in Kyushu
The Japanese subsidiary of J.P. Morgan Asset Management, one of the world’s largest asset management firms, formally announced it would open a branch in the Tenjin district of Fuku...
Jan 21, 2010 Local News
Kyushu Bankruptcies Drop 24% in 2009
The Fukuoka branch of Tokyo Shoko Research released the results of their survey of 2009 bankruptcies in Kyushu and Okinawa Prefecture with liabilities of at least 10 million yen. A...
Jan 21, 2010 Local News
J.P. Morgan to Establish Presence in Kyushu
The Japanese subsidiary of J.P. Morgan Asset Management, one of the world’s largest asset management firms, formally announced it would open a branch in the Tenjin district of Fuku...