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Feb 18, 2010 Local News
Nishitetsu to Combine Osaka and Kyoto Routes on Night Bus Service
Starting April 2, the Nishi-Nippon Railway Co. (Nishitetsu) will combine its two long-distance routes to Osaka and Kyoto via Kitakyushu. The company will eliminate the route to Kyo...
Feb 18, 2010 Local News
Seven Kyushu Regional Banks Back in the Black
The 18 primary regional banks headquartered in the Kyushu-Yamaguchi Prefecture region released their results for the April-December 2009 period. Seven of the banks swung back to pr...
Feb 18, 2010 Local News
Kyushu University and Nepal to Work Together on Research
Kyushu University and the government of Nepal signed a memorandum regarding joint research and to exchange information in the biotechnology field. Their research will be based on t...
Feb 18, 2010 Local News
Company Uses Rice Hulls for Home Insulation
Yoshida Juken, a home building company in Omuta, Fukuoka Prefecture, has developed a method to improve the heat retention and insulating properties of exterior walls by using rice ...
Feb 12, 2010 Local News
Big Schedule Modification for Green Bus
The Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co. (Nishitetsu) announced they will rework the schedule of the Green sightseeing bus in Fukuoka City as of March 1. The company plans to eliminate weekda...
Feb 12, 2010 Local News
Korean TV Drama about International Marriage Being Filmed in Fukuoka
Filming began on the 6th of the Korean MBC television drama, Nikkan Kekkon Daisakusen (The Great Japanese-Korean Wedding Operation) at the Kushida Shinto shrine in Fukuoka City. Th...
Feb 12, 2010 Local News
Yufuin Ryokan Team Up to Offer Mutual Services
The Yufuin Spa and Hot Spring Association in Yufuin, Oita Prefecture, announced a new program to add to the appeal of the district as a tourist destination. Lodgers at any one of t...
Feb 12, 2010 Local News
Companies Closing Kyushu Plants
Toshiba subsidiary Toshiba LSI Package Solutions announced it will close its main plant in Miyawaka, Fukuoka Prefecture by November. The plant, which employs 400 people, assembles ...
Feb 12, 2010 Local News
Government Approves Cross-Prefectural Shinkin Bank Merger
The Fukuoka Local Finance Branch Bureau approved the merger of Kishima Shinkin Bank in Takeo, Saga Prefecture, and the Nishikyushu Shinkin Bank in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture. This...
Feb 12, 2010 Local News
Ferry Service between Kitakyushu and Busan to be Restored
The city of Kitakyushu announced that Sojin Ferry of Seoul would begin ferry service between Kitakyushu and Busan in the latter part of April. They plan to operate six round trips ...
