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Jan 6, 2011 Local News
Kono Elected Miyazaki Governor
Former Vice-Governor and political independent Shuji Kono was elected governor of Miyazaki Prefecture in the election of the 26th. He replaces Hideo Higashikokubaru, a former show ...
Jan 6, 2011 Local News
1.5% Economic Growth Predicted for Kyushu
The Kyushu Economic Research Center released its economic forecast for FY 2011 for Kyushu and Okinawa Prefecture, which calls for real growth of roughly 1.5%, absent the effect of ...
Jan 6, 2011 Local News
Locally Made Bamboo Wheelchairs for Airport Use Developed
Furniture maker Sansouing of Oita Prefecture teamed with Japan Airlines and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology to create a bamboo wheelchair for u...
Jan 6, 2011 Local News
Kumamoto Prefecture, City, and University to Open Office in Shanghai
Kumamoto Prefecture, Kumamoto City, and Kumamoto University will cooperate to open a joint office in Shanghai, China next fall, it was learned. The three entities hope to attract t...
Jan 6, 2011 Local News
New Development of Cancer Stem Cell Treatment
Dr. Keiichi Nakayama and a team of researchers at Kyushu University’s Medical Institute of Bioregulation have found that a certain protein will change the state of cancer stem cell...
Jan 6, 2011 Local News
Fukuoka Asia Collection to be Presented at Dalian
The Fukuoka Asia Collection fashion show of local Fukuoka brands will be presented in Dalian, China, on January 9 at an annual exhibition of fashions shown in that city. The Fukuok...
Jan 6, 2011 Local News
Kitakyushu’s Marumitsu Gallery Closes
The Marumitsu art gallery in Kitakyushu, which for 45 years has provided an exhibition site free of charge to artists regardless of their professional status, closed on December 31...
Jan 6, 2011 Local News
Starflyer to Operate Kitakyushu-Busan Flight
Kitakyushu-based airline Starflyer revealed that it plans to begin operation in July 2012 of a Kitakyushu-Busan, South Korea flight. It will be the airline’s first regularly schedu...
Jan 6, 2011 Local News
Sony in Negotiations to Buy Back Plant
Sony is in negotiations to buy back a semiconductor plant in Isahaya, Nagasaki Prefecture, from Toshiba, it was learned. Sony originally used the plant to produce high performance ...
Jan 6, 2011 Local News
Three Tenjin Department Stores Cut Deals with Nishitetsu
Three department stores in Fukuoka City’s Tenjin district have reached agreement with the Nishi-Nippon Railroad (Nishitetsu) for different cooperative arrangements. Iwataya-Mitsuko...
