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Dec 16, 2010 Local News
Sakura to Stop at Every Station on Kyushu Shinkansen
JR Kyushu plans to have the new Sakura trains stop at every station on the new Kyushu Shinkansen at least once a day in both directions, it was learned. Several patterns of operati...
Dec 16, 2010 Local News
Nishi-Nippon City Bank to Set up Insurance Unit
The Nishi-Nippon City Bank announced plans to establish an insurance unit called NCB Hoken Plaza with two sales outlets in Fukuoka Prefecture on January 14 next year. They will be ...
Dec 16, 2010 Local News
Nishitetsu to Buy Tenjin Building
The Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co. (Nishitetsu) will purchase an eight-story office building in Fukuoka City’s Tenjin district, it was learned. The purchase price is expected to be seve...
Dec 9, 2010 Local News
Did Fukuoka Korean Schools Receive Illegal Double Subsidy?
An educational corporation operating a primary school and a combined junior high and high school in Kitakyushu, and a primary school in Fukuoka City, for ethnic Koreans has come un...
Dec 9, 2010 Local News
Air Busan’s Occupancy Rate Hits Record High
Air Busan, which launched daily roundtrip flight service between Busan, South Korea, and Fukuoka City in March, announced a flight occupancy rate of 83% for the month of November. ...
Dec 9, 2010 Local News
J-Com Companies to Merge
J-Com Fukuoka and J-Com Kitakyushu, subsidiaries of the cable TV company Jupiter Telecommunications, announced they will merge as of January 1 next year. With competition expected ...
Dec 9, 2010 Local News
Fukuoka High Court Orders Isahaya Bay Dike Opened
The Fukuoka High Court upheld the 2008 Saga District Court ruling agreeing with the plaintiffs—fishermen from Nagasaki, Saga, Fukuoka, and Kumamoto Prefectures—that the closure of ...
Dec 9, 2010 Local News
Saga Prefecture to Study Airport Runway Lengthening
Saga Prefecture, examining ways to attract flights from overseas low cost carriers, has begun research into how to modify existing facilities for foreign flights. This includes the...
Dec 9, 2010 Local News
Restaurant Industry Revenue Continues to Fall
The Fukuoka branch of Teikoku Databank has released its ranking of Kyushu and Okinawa Prefecture-based companies operating restaurants by revenue for 2009. Sales revenue for the to...
Dec 9, 2010 Local News
Kyushu Agricultural Enterprises Down by 20% in Five Years
The Kyushu Regional Agricultural Administration Office released a report on its survey of the number of individual farmers and agricultural enterprises in the region. The report st...
