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Jul 18, 2008 Local News
KAL to Add Fukuoka – Busan Flight
Korean Air Lines of South Korea announced it will add another daily round-trip flight between Fukuoka City and Busan, South Korea, starting September 1. It already operates one dai...
Jul 18, 2008 Local News
Kitakyushu to Launch Organization Supporting Venture Capital Startups
The city of Kitakyushu announced it would launch in August Kitakyushu Venture Innovation Club, an organization for supporting new companies backed by venture capital. The city alre...
Jul 18, 2008 Local News
Industry, Academia, and Governments to Form Group to Promote Ruby in Fukuoka
Software development companies, universities, and local governments will combine to form a group, called F-Ruby, in August to promote the use of the Ruby programming language in Fu...
Jul 18, 2008 Local News
New Fund Launched to Keep Companies Afloat
Fukuoka Capital Partners, Kyushu’s largest investment fund management company, and Tokyo-based Japan Private Equity have jointly launched a three-billion-yen fund for support...
Jul 18, 2008 Local News
Kyushu Bankruptcy Total Exceeds 700 in First Half
The Fukuoka City branch of Tokyo Shoko Research released figures for bankruptcies in the Kyushu-Okinawa region with liabilities of at least 10 million yen for the first half of the...
Jul 18, 2008 Local News
Auto Industry Development Center Opens in Kitakyushu
The Technology Development and Exchange Center has been opened in the Kitakyushu Science and Research Park in that city. The facility will promote the technical development of semi...
Jul 18, 2008 Local News
Signs Point to Shift Away from Tenjin for Women Shoppers
Fukuoka City-based marketing survey company G-Com revealed the results of an Internet survey it conducted in May of 400 women in the prefecture above the age of 18 regarding their ...
Jul 18, 2008 Local News
Fukuoka Hotels in Redecorating Frenzy
The Nishinippon Shimbun reports that many hotels in Fukuoka City are undergoing full-scale redecorations. The objective is to attract and keep customers before the large influx of ...
Jul 18, 2008 Local News
Fukuoka City Mayor to Disclose Entertainment Expenses
Starting this month, the office of the Fukuoka City mayor is displaying the mayor’s entertainment expenses on the city’s website. The information includes the date, the...
Jul 10, 2008 Local News
Assistance for South Korean Companies Establishing Kyushu Presence
The Kyushu Investment Support Association to provide support to South Korean companies interested in establishing a presence in Kyushu will be launched on the 16th with the partici...
