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Nov 12, 2009 Local News
JR Kyushu Sponsors On-Line Cell Phone Game
JR Kyushu has teamed up with game producer Colopl of Tokyo to offer an on-like game that can be played with cell phones. The idea of the game is to travel Kyushu by train. Traveler...
Nov 12, 2009 Local News
Seven Kyushu Regional Banks Revise Projections Upward
A total of seven of the 17 Kyushu regional banks have revised upward their net profit projections for the year on their interim reports. The banks’ improved outlook results from a ...
Nov 12, 2009 Local News
Kyushu Corporate Income Down 23.4% in 2008
The Fukuoka and Kumamoto Regional Tax Bureaus released information from Kyushu corporate income statements for FY 2008 that shows aggregate corporate income in the region during th...
Nov 12, 2009 Local News
Kyushu Electric to Mix Wood with Coal to Generate Electricity
Kyushu Electric Power announced that it planned to mix wood obtained from forestry thinning operations with coal to generate biomass electricity at their power plant in Ashikita-ma...
Nov 12, 2009 Local News
FDA to Inaugurate Fukuoka-Shizuoka Flights
The Shizuoka-based Fuji Dream Airlines announced plans to start flights between Fukuoka City and Shizuoka Airport next spring. The local airline plans to operate from two to four r...
Nov 12, 2009 Local News
Miyazaki Prefecture to Boost Solar Power Subsidies for Home Use
Earlier this month, Miyazaki Prefecture began accepting applications from homeowners to receive subsidies for solar power generating systems for the home. They had allocated 70 mil...
Nov 12, 2009 Local News
Trials of Digital Signboards with Public Info to Start
Fukuoka City will begin trials in mid-December of about 5,000 digital signboards placed in JR stations and other public facilities, commercial buildings, convenience stores, and ot...
Nov 12, 2009 Local News
QR Code Trials Start for Fresh Fish
The Nagasaki Prefectural Institute of Fisheries and the Yokohama-based National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, Fisheries Research Agency announced they have begun trials ...
Nov 5, 2009 Local News
Nishitetsu Revenue Down 15%
The Nishi-Nippon Railway Co. (Nishitetsu) announced its revenue for the first half of the current fiscal year fell 15% from the year-before period to 151.878 billion yen, according...
Nov 5, 2009 Local News
Kyushu Electric Has First Revenue Decline in Four Years
Kyushu Electric Power released its consolidated interim report for the current fiscal year, which shows that its revenue during the period fell 4.4% from the previous year to 726.4...