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Oct 1, 2009 Local News
Nishitetsu Expressway Bus Revenue Falls during Silver Week
Nishi-Nippon Railroad (Nishitetsu) announced that revenue from its expressway buses during the Silver Week holidays dropped 1.8% from the year-before period despite a 3.7% increase...
Oct 1, 2009 Local News
FDA to Cut Air Fare on Kumamoto and Kagoshima Flights
Fuji Dream Airlines, a regional airline based in Shizuoka Prefecture, announced it would reduce the fares and introduce a discount fare for advance reservations on three Shizuoka f...
Oct 1, 2009 Local News
Kyushu Companies Strongly Opposed to Toll-Free Expressways
The Kyushu Keidanren released the results of its questionnaire survey of corporate members regarding their opinion of the plans of the new Japanese government to eliminate tolls on...
Oct 1, 2009 Local News
Nippon Coke and Engineering Mulling Kitakyushu Furnace Expansion
The Nippon Coke and Engineering Co. is considering an expansion of its coke furnaces in Kitakyushu in anticipation of increased steel demand after an economic recovery. The facilit...
Oct 1, 2009 Local News
Nagasaki Bank to Transfer Security Business to Nishinippon City Bank
Fukuoka City-based Nishinippon City Bank announced its consolidated subsidiary Nagasaki Bank would spin off its securities investment business and transfer it to the parent company...
Oct 1, 2009 Local News
Nissan to Build Large SUV Plant in Kyushu
Automaker Nissan said it would transfer the production of its upscale SUV Infinity from the U.S. to the new Nissan Shatai Kyushu plant in Fukuoka Prefecture. The move is part of th...
Oct 1, 2009 Local News
Kyushu U. Team Strengthens Embryos for Artificially Fertilized Eggs
To deal with the low rate of successful artificial fertilization for Japanese-bred cows, a team of researchers at Kyushu University led by Prof. Masaaki Hattori has found that the ...
Sep 24, 2009 Local News
Development of Eco-Car for the Elderly Gets Underway
A group consisting of Fukuoka Prefecture, Fujitsu Kyushu Systems, Kyushu University, and other entities has begun work on development of equipment to be used in an inexpensive, ene...
Sep 24, 2009 Local News
Fukuoka-Busan Forum Held in Fukuoka City on 19th
The 4th Fukuoka-Busan Forum with business and political leaders from both cities attending was held in Fukuoka City on the 19th. This year’s theme was the creation of sustainable s...
Sep 24, 2009 Local News
Nishitetsu to Cut Back on Bus Service
The Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co. (Nishitetsu) revealed a new business rationalization plan that will involve eliminating up to 140 runs on 31 routes in the Fukuoka City metropolitan a...
