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Jul 16, 2009 Local News
Fukuoka Agricultural Products Trading Co. to Promote Exports to Asia
A ceremony was held to commemorate the opening of the Fukuoka Agricultural Products Trading Co. in Fukuoka City, a company created by the prefecture and area agricultural groups to...
Jul 16, 2009 Local News
Kurume Company Utilizes DNA Chip Manufacturing Machinery
Ecogenomics, a venture capital-backed company in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, became the first firm in Japan to purchase and use the machinery for manufacturing DNA chips, which ana...
Jul 16, 2009 Local News
Kyushu Farm Families Split on Acreage Reduction
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries released the results of its first survey on its policy of reducing acreage to adjust rice production. Farmers nationwide were r...
Jul 16, 2009 Local News
Independent Baseball League Champs in Danger of Folding
The Nagasaki Saints, the first-half champion of the Shikoku-Kyushu Island League, an independent baseball circuit, are in danger of folding due to the lack of financial support res...
Jul 16, 2009 Local News
Independent Baseball League Champs in Danger of Folding
The Nagasaki Saints, the first-half champion of the Shikoku-Kyushu Island League, an independent baseball circuit, are in danger of folding due to the lack of financial support res...
Jul 16, 2009 Local News
Kagoshima School Opens Branch in Tokyo
The National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya, a university in Kagoshima Prefecture, will open a satellite campus in Tokyo in August for adults in the capital region. The ...
Jul 16, 2009 Local News
New Outlet Openings of Large Retail Stores Fall 21%
The Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade, and Industry reports that notifications of new outlet openings for large retail stores in Kyushu (defined as having a floor area of 1,000 squar...
Jul 16, 2009 Local News
Nishitetsu Enters the Condominium Remodeling Business
Nishi-Nippon Railway (Nishitetsu) has launched an enterprise for the purchase, renovation, and resale of condominiums built roughly 20 years ago in the Fukuoka City area. The econo...
Jul 16, 2009 Local News
Kyushu University to Build Robot Center
Kyushu University announced plans to create an R&D center for robots for use in medical treatment. The center will be part of their university hospital. In addition to R&...
Jul 16, 2009 Local News
Starfish Causing Problems with Shrimp Industry
The sharp increase in the number of starfish in Tachibana Bay in Isahaya and Unzen in Nagasaki Prefecture is causing problems with shrimp fishing, now in its peak period. A survey ...
