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Oct 28, 2010 Local News
Efforts Underway to Launch Kitakyushu—Dalian Roundtrip Flights
A travel agency in Dalian, China, is working to establish roundtrip flights between that city and its sister city, Kitakyushu, it was learned. They hope to operate four round-trip ...
Oct 28, 2010 Local News
Sales and Admissions Climb at Huis ten Bosch
Since becoming a subsidiary of travel agency HIS in April, the Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture resort Huis ten Bosch has achieved a recovery in both admissions and sales in the first h...
Oct 28, 2010 Local News
First Wine to be Made in Miyakonojo
Miyakonojo Winery Farm, an agricultural company formed to produce wine using grapes grown in Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, began the process of making its first wine this month....
Oct 28, 2010 Local News
Kyushu Governors’ Council Sets up Seven-Prefecture Administrative Mechanism
With the national government mulling the elimination of local offices for government ministries and agencies and transferring their responsibilities to sub-national governments, th...
Oct 21, 2010 Local News
Hawks Eliminated from Postseason Play
The Chiba Lotte Marines trounced the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks 7-0 in the sixth and final game of the so-called Climax Series (Pacific League playoff series), to eliminate the Hawks f...
Oct 21, 2010 Local News
Ringer Hut Plans Asian Expansion
Nagasaki champon restaurant chain Ringer Hut revealed their mid-term business plan, which calls for expansion into Asia. The chain’s group had 578 shops as of the end of August, an...
Oct 21, 2010 Local News
Chinese, South Korean Companies Participate in Kitakyushu Trade Fair
A total of 230 companies from Japan, China, and South Korea exhibited environmental products at Eco-Techno 2010, a Kitakyushu trade fair, on the 13th. About 50 of the corporate par...
Oct 21, 2010 Local News
Hotto Motto to Begin Home Delivery
Takeout bento chain Hotto Motto, operated by Fukuoka City-based Plenus, will begin a home delivery service at roughly 100 shops nationwide by the end of February 2011. The objectiv...
Oct 21, 2010 Local News
Names on Politicians’ Expenditure Receipts Blacked Out
The names of the recipients of the money were blacked out on receipts submitted by 16 Fukuoka Prefecture assembly members for political research expenditures, it was learned. As a ...
Oct 21, 2010 Local News
Kyushu’s Largest Retailers and Restaurant Chains Release Interim Reports
The 10 largest retailers and restaurant companies in Kyushu released their interim reports for the current fiscal year. While sales revenue fell for seven of those companies, inclu...
