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Dec 10, 2009 Local News
Air Busan to Start Flying Fukuoka Route Next Spring
Air Busan, the new Busan, South Korea-based airline, announced it will start flying round-trips between Fukuoka City and Busan because it considers Fukuoka City to be a promising m...
Dec 10, 2009 Local News
Kyushu National Museum Readies for First Overseas Exhibit
The Kyushu National Museum in Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture, is already busy with preparations for its first overseas exhibit, which will be held in the Bangkok National Museum in Th...
Dec 10, 2009 Local News
Kyushu Regional Banks to Enhance Liaison Capabilities for Loan Moratorium Measure
Kyushu regional banks have started to take steps to enhance its customer liaison capabilities with the passage of the bill encouraging banks to allow a repayment moratorium for sma...
Dec 10, 2009 Local News
First Revision of Prefectural Boundaries in 140 Years
Shiiba-son in Miyazaki Prefecture and Mizukami-mura in Kumamoto Prefecture have agreed to settle the boundary between the two villages. This will become the first redrawing of pref...
Dec 10, 2009 Local News
Nishitetsu Bus to Sell Passes for Unlimited Weekend and Holiday Use
The Fukuoka City-based Nishi-Nippon Railway (Nishitetsu) announced they will begin selling this month bus passes that will allow users unlimited rides on route buses in Fukuoka Pre...
Dec 10, 2009 Local News
November Posts Tenth Straight Decline in Bankruptcies
The Fukuoka branch of Tokyo Shoko Research released their findings of November bankruptcies in Kyushu and Okinawa Prefecture with liabilities of at least 10 million yen. The number...
Dec 10, 2009 Local News
Mitsubishi Electric to Increase Power Control Semiconductors in Kyushu
Mitsubishi Electric plans to increase production at its Kyushu plants for power semiconductors that can reduce power consumption. The manufacture of these devices will be ramped up...
Dec 10, 2009 Local News
Kyushu Long-Distance Ferries Suffer Largest Passenger Decline
The Kyushu Transport Bureau has compiled statistics showing that the number of passengers on Kyushu ferries with round-trip service to Tokyo and Osaka fell 13.2% in the April-Septe...
Dec 10, 2009 Local News
Low Percentage of Arts Teachers in Prefectural High Schools, Study Finds
A study conducted by the Nishinippon Shimbun of the 404 Kyushu prefectural high schools found that only 39—fewer than 10%–had full time teachers in the arts, defined as art, ...
Dec 10, 2009 Local News
Air Busan to Start Flying Fukuoka Route Next Spring
Air Busan, the new Busan, South Korea-based airline, announced it will start flying round-trips between Fukuoka City and Busan because it considers Fukuoka City to be a promising m...