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Sep 9, 2010 Local News
Zenrin Publishes Free Info-Map
Zenrin of Kitakyushu has published a free, 80-page booklet of maps and information for Kokura Ward in that city and will distribute it to the ward’s roughly 9,000 residents. The fi...
Sep 9, 2010 Local News
Fukuoka Motorboat Race Course Gets High-Def Video Screen
The Fukuoka City Motorboat Race Course now boasts Aurora Vision, an LED technology screen made by Mitsubishi Electric that is the largest high-definition video screen in the world....
Sep 9, 2010 Local News
Fukuoka Non-Profit for Korean Student Internships Certified
The Fukuoka City-based Japan-South Korea Internship Association, which promotes the acceptance of South Korean university students as interns at local companies, has been certified...
Sep 9, 2010 Local News
Sasebo Company Combines Restaurant and Vegetable Production Site
Sho-ya Food System of Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, has built and begun operating Kyushu’s first vegetable production site in combination with a restaurant—in this case, the company...
Sep 9, 2010 Local News
Kyushu Electric, Saibu Gas Move in Opposite Directions for October Rates
Kyushu Electric Power will raise electricity rates in October for the sixth consecutive month, while Saibu Gas will lower the prices it charges for gas for the first time in six mo...
Sep 2, 2010 Local News
Solaria Plaza to Reopen after Remodeling
Solaria Plaza, the Tenjin shopping complex operated by Nishi Nippon Railroad (Nishitetsu), is set to reopen on September 10 after extensive remodeling. The facility targets women a...
Sep 2, 2010 Local News
School for Yakitori to Open in Kurume
The Kurume Yakitori Cultural Promotion Association of Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, which has the largest number of yakitori shops per capita in Japan, plans to begin offering instru...
Sep 2, 2010 Local News
Akune City Council Convenes as Dispute with Mayor Continues
Mayor Takehara Shinichi of Akune, Kagoshima Prefecture, is embroiled in a long-running dispute with City Council over city governance issues. Chief among them is his decision to sh...
Sep 2, 2010 Local News
Half as Many Kyushu Moneylenders in One Year
The Financial Services Agency reports that the number of companies in the money lending business in the seven Kyushu prefectures as of the end of June had fallen to 369, a 50.2% dr...
Sep 2, 2010 Local News
FFG to Boost Sales Activities of Shinwa Bank
The Fukuoka City-based Fukuoka Financial Group announced it would beef up the business activities of the Shinwa Bank of Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, one of the local banks it opera...
