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Jul 3, 2008 Local News
Kyushu Electric Discussing Rate Hike
The Fukuoka City-based Kyushu Electric Power Co. has begun to seriously consider raising their rates to reflect soaring oil prices. They expect to reach a formal decision sometime ...
Jul 3, 2008 Local News
JR Kyushu to Add 1,800 Seats to Sonic Special Express
JR Kyushu announced it would add 1,800 seats to the daily runs of its Sonic special limited express between Hakata and Oita. The objective is to respond to the steadily rising pass...
Jun 26, 2008 Local News
Good Start for Nishitetsu nimoca Card
The launch of Nishi-Nippon Railroad’s nimoca contactless payment card has been successful. The cards were first issued a month ago, and since then about 74,000 cards have bee...
Jun 26, 2008 Local News
New Industrial Park to be Built in Kikuchi
Kumamoto Prefecture will build a new industrial park in the prefectural city of Kikuchi as part of their five-year plan that starts in FY 2008. The prefecture will try to attract c...
Jun 26, 2008 Local News
ANA to Offer Round Trip Discounts between Different Airports
All Nippon Airways will begin a service in July 1 that will allow passengers between northern Kyushu and the Tokyo or Kansai regions to receive discount round trip fares even if th...
Jun 26, 2008 Local News
Joint Japanese-Korean Comics Festival Planned
The four Japanese prefectures and one city and three South Korean provinces facing the Tsushima Strait plan to hold the 2008 Japan-Korea Comics Festival in early August in Busan, S...
Jun 26, 2008 Local News
South Kyushu Guidebook Selling Briskly
Sales have been excellent for the Sasuga South Kyushu Rating Guide 2007-2008 published in March 2007 by a committee whose members include JR Kyushu and the prefectural governments ...
Jun 26, 2008 Local News
Kyushu METI Formulates Action Plan
The Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade, and Industry has formulated a three-year action plan emphasizing specific sectors and targets. It calls for the integration of the research fun...
Jun 26, 2008 Local News
Fukuoka, Busan Mayors to Call for Regional Economic Zone
At a meeting in Busan, South Korea, on the 24th, Busan Mayor Hur Nam-sik and Mayor Hiroshi Yoshida of Fukuoka City agreed to make a joint declaration in August calling for the crea...
Jun 26, 2008 Local News
Fukuoka, Busan Mayors to Call for Regional Economic Zone
At a meeting in Busan, South Korea, on the 24th, Busan Mayor Hur Nam-sik and Mayor Hiroshi Yoshida of Fukuoka City agreed to make a joint declaration in August calling for the crea...
