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Feb 4, 2010 Local News
Skymark Begins Kobe Flights, to Offer Early April Discounts
Tokyo-based Skymark Airlines began two round-trip flights daily between Fukuoka City and Kobe on February 1st. They also announced they will offer a special discount from April 1-1...
Feb 4, 2010 Local News
Largest Year-on-Year Decline Ever for Kyushu Exports
Moji Customs announced that exports in 2009 from the Kyushu economic sphere, which includes Okinawa and Yamaguchi Prefectures, fell to 5.5661 trillion yen in value terms, which was...
Feb 4, 2010 Local News
Saga Prefecture the National Leader in Abortions
A Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare survey has found that Saga Prefecture has the highest rate of abortions in Japan at 13.4 per 1,000 women, despite declining 0.3 points from...
Feb 4, 2010 Local News
Regional Foods Shop Opens at Fukuoka Airport
Osaka-based JTB West opened on February 1 a shop in Terminal #2 of the Fukuoka Airport selling processed agricultural products from Kyushu and Okinawa. The shop was opened with fin...
Feb 4, 2010 Local News
Dam Water Released to Save Nori Harvest
With the problem of poor color plaguing the current crop of frozen net nori in the Ariake Sea, water from the Matsubara and Shimouke Dams in Hita, Oita Prefecture, was released as ...
Feb 4, 2010 Local News
Kyushu Condo Supply and Sales Down Last Year
Fukuoka City-based Jutaku Ryutsu Shimposha released the results of its survey of the Kyushu condominium market for 2009, which showed declines for both supply and sales. The supply...
Feb 4, 2010 Local News
Samsung to Open R&D Center in Fukuoka City
South Korean semiconductor and consumer electronics manufacturer Samsung will open a research and development center for semiconductors in the Tenjin district of Fukuoka City in ea...
Feb 4, 2010 Local News
Foreign Exchange Company’s Registration Nixed
The Fukuoka Local Finance Bureau of the Ministry of Finance cancelled the registration of the iForex Co. in Fukuoka City and ordered the resignation of the company president for im...
Feb 4, 2010 Local News
Large Lot Power Consumption Rises for First Time in 15 Months
Kyushu Electric Power announced that sales of power to large consumers in December 2009 rose 1.7% to 1.87400 KwH, the first monthly increase since September 2008. Contributing to t...
Feb 4, 2010 Local News
Kyushu Electric Power to Join Australian LNG Development Project
Kyushu Electric Power announced the signing of an agreement with two subsidiaries of the Chevron Corp. to acquire development rights in the Wheatstone LNG project in Australia and ...