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Jul 9, 2009 Local News
Fukuoka City and Kitakyushu Mayors Meet to Strengthen Ties
Fukuoka City Mayor Hiroshi Yoshida and Kitakyushu Mayor Kenji Kitahashi met at a Fukuoka City hotel to strengthen the relationship between the two cities based on four policies, in...
Jul 9, 2009 Local News
Chinese Artists Living in Kyushu Form Federation
Chinese residents of Kyushu involved with the arts formed a federation from eight smaller groups last week to promote exchange with each other and with Japanese artists in the regi...
Jul 9, 2009 Local News
Plant Closings Hit Kyushu Manufacturing Industry
The economic downturn is having an impact on the Kyushu manufacturing industry through a series of plant closings and consolidations. The announcement that Asahi Glass Kyushu will ...
Jul 9, 2009 Local News
Izutsu-ya to Close Iizuka Store
The Izutsu-ya department store chain announced plans to close its store in Iizuka, Fukuoka Prefecture. The company said its survival strategy for the difficult economic times was t...
Jul 9, 2009 Local News
Nagasaki Prefecture Inserting Oxygen to Isahaya Bay
Nagasaki Prefecture has begun trials to insert concentrated oxygen in the Isahaya Bay to counteract the severe depletion that threatens the young clam population. The trial will be...
Jul 9, 2009 Local News
Unusual Events Slated for Iizuka’s Kaho Theater
The Kaho Theater in Iizuka, Fukuoka Prefecture, a kabuki theater built in the design of those facilities during the Edo period, has held a series of unusual annual events to commem...
Jul 9, 2009 Local News
Nagasaki Prefecture Inserting Oxygen to Isahaya Bay
Nagasaki Prefecture has begun trials to insert concentrated oxygen in the Isahaya Bay to counteract the severe depletion that threatens the young clam population. The trial will be...
Jul 9, 2009 Local News
Unusual Events Slated for Iizuka’s Kaho Theater
The Kaho Theater in Iizuka, Fukuoka Prefecture, a kabuki theater built in the design of those facilities during the Edo period, has held a series of unusual annual events to commem...
Jul 9, 2009 Local News
Fukuoka City and Busan Launch Joint Website
Asia Gateway, a joint website presenting Fukuoka City and Busan, South Korea, as a single tourism area, debuted on the Internet on the 7th. It features explanations of tourist attr...
Jul 9, 2009 Local News
Fukuoka City and Kitakyushu Mayors Meet to Strengthen Ties
Fukuoka City Mayor Hiroshi Yoshida and Kitakyushu Mayor Kenji Kitahashi met at a Fukuoka City hotel to strengthen the relationship between the two cities based on four policies, in...
