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Nov 4, 2010 Local News
Hawks Draft Yamashita
At the Japanese professional baseball draft of amateur players held in Tokyo, the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks were one of four teams to draft pitcher Yuki Saito. The Nippon Ham Fighters...
Nov 4, 2010 Local News
Three Kyushu Cities Promote Kyushu Foods in Tokyo
Fukuoka City, Kumamoto City, and Kagoshima City held a joint trade fair in Tokyo to promote local foods and create sales channels for local companies with the full operation of the...
Nov 4, 2010 Local News
Excess Hydrogen to be Used for Home Power Generation
The hydrogen created as a byproduct at Nippon Steel Corp.’s Yahata Plant in Kitakyushu will be used in fuel cells that do not emit CO2. Those fuel cells will in turn be used by Shi...
Nov 4, 2010 Local News
Restaurants Serving Fukuoka Cuisine to Open in South Korea
Maeil Kyongje, one of South Korea’s three primary milk companies, has signed an agreement with Yamaya of Fukuoka City to operate its chain restaurants in that country. Yamaya’s mai...
Nov 4, 2010 Local News
Sharp Increase In Individual Labor Disputes
The number of individual labor disputes, such as objections to dismissals or unpaid salaries submitted to prefectural boards for resolution, rose to 1,953 in the seven Kyushu prefe...
Nov 4, 2010 Local News
Kyushu Electric Establishes Presence in Taiwan
Kyushu Electric Power revealed that they have purchased a 33.2% stake in a Taiwan-based independent power producer from the Marubeni Corp., which had an 83.2% share in the company....
Oct 28, 2010 Local News
Chikugo River Festival Stresses Need to Preserve Forests at River Headwaters
The 24th Chikugo River Festival was held over two days in Kokonoe-machi, Oita Prefecture, with the primary theme the need to preserve forests at river headwaters. There was a panel...
Oct 28, 2010 Local News
Bridgestone to Expand Kitakyushu, Saga Plants
Bridgestone released its mid-term business plan for the next five years, which calls for an expansion of its Kitakyushu factory to manufacture extra-large radial tires used for con...
Oct 28, 2010 Local News
Kyushu Shinkansen to have Four Osaka-Kagoshima Round Trips Daily
JR Kyushu and JR West announced they will operate four daily roundtrips on the Shinkansen between Osaka and Kagoshima when the Kyushu Shinkansen begins service next March. The tota...
Oct 28, 2010 Local News
Kyushu Bioindustry Group Forms Ties With French Group in Food Sector
The Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade, and Industry announced that the Kyushu Regional Biocluster Promotional Council, a group for developing the regional biotech industry consisting...
