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Feb 3, 2011 Local News
Nisshin Seifun Group to Consolidate Kyushu Production
Tokyo-based Nisshin Seifun Group, a food products company, announced they will build a new flour milling plant in Fukuoka City’s Chuo Ward by the spring of 2014. They will close th...
Feb 3, 2011 Local News
Bank of Fukuoka in Tie-up with Major Chinese Bank
The Bank of Fukuoka revealed it has signed a business agreement with the Jiaotong Bank (Bank of Communications) of Shanghai, one of China’s five biggest banks. In addition to provi...
Feb 3, 2011 Local News
Internet Food Shopping to Start in Kyushu
The Tokyo-based Seiyu supermarket chain plans to provide some of its Kyushu outlets with the capacity to permit customers to shop for products on the net and have them delivered. T...
Feb 3, 2011 Local News
Ferry Service Begins between Gwangyang and Shimonoseki/Kitakyushu
Ferry service has begun between the city of Gwangyang in South Korea and the cities of Shimonoseki and Kitakyushu. The ferry, which is berthed in South Korea, is the Gwangyang Beec...
Feb 3, 2011 Local News
Largest Increase for Kyushu Exports
Moji customs released its figures for exports in 2010 from the Kyushu economic area, which includes Kyushu and Yamaguchi and Okinawa prefectures. The aggregate exports totaled 7.12...
Feb 3, 2011 Local News
Multi-Language E-Message Board for Port of Hakata
The Japan Tourism Agency is taking several steps to assist travelers from overseas at the Port of Hakata as the number of visitors from China arriving on cruise ships is rising sha...
Feb 3, 2011 Local News
Cruise Ship Calls on Kyushu Ports Expected to Fall 20%
The Kyushu Transport Bureau released its projection for planned port calls in Kyushu for 2011 by overseas cruise ships. They expect 120 separate port calls for the entire region du...
Jan 27, 2011 Local News
Avian Flu in Miyazaki
Miyazaki Prefecture announced that the results of a test of 36 chickens that died on a local farm showed that six were positive for avian flu. After the infection was confirmed, al...
Jan 27, 2011 Local News
Kyushu Electric Agrees to Buy LNG from Indonesia
Kyushu Electric Power Co signed a basic agreement with PT Donggi-Senoro LNG of Indonesia to buy 300,000 tons of liquefied natural gas every year for about 13 years starting in the ...
Jan 27, 2011 Local News
First Freight Flight between Kitakyushu and Australia
The Kitakyushu Airport, which is aiming to become a regional freight handling center, recently accepted a charter freight flight from Sydney, Australia, with about 350 year-old cal...
