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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...
Nov 5, 2009 Local News
Taking the Taste of Fukuoka to New York
The Fukuoka Chamber of Commerce and Industry invited a New York chef to the city to meet with local food products companies and producers to exchange ideas for the use of local pro...
Nov 5, 2009 Local News
Nagasaki Governor Kaneko to Step Down
Nagasaki Prefecture Governor Genjiro Kaneko announced he would not seek a fourth term in the gubernatorial election to be held next February. Sources close to the governor said he ...