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Dec 2, 2010 Local News
Kyushu Location Set for Chinese TV Drama
China’s state-run broadcaster CCTV plans to start filming in different Kyushu locations for a remake of The Psychotic Woman, a popular drama in Japan and South Korea, for nationwid...
Dec 2, 2010 Local News
Planning for Regional Economic Partnership Agreement in Works
Ten cities in Japan, South Korea, and China, including Kitakyushu, Fukuoka City, and Shimonoseki, which are part of a group promoting economic exchange in East Asia, held their fou...
Dec 2, 2010 Local News
Dodgers Sign Kumamoto High School Pitcher
The Los Angeles Dodgers announced the signing of 18-year-old Kazuya Takano of Buntoku High School in Kumamoto City to a minor league contract. Takano is the first Japanese high sch...
Dec 2, 2010 Local News
Ratio of Grade 1 Rice in Kyushu Falls
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries released the results of its survey of the national rice crop as of the end of October, which found that the ratio in Kyushu of ...
Dec 2, 2010 Local News
Voluntary Cutbacks in Taxi Fleets Not Progressing
The downturn in taxicab passengers led to an initiative in five districts in Fukuoka Prefecture in 2009 for the industry to voluntarily reduce or idle its fleet by 1,500 excess cab...
Dec 2, 2010 Local News
Car Rental Business for Asian Tourists Planned
Fukuoka City-based Dream Interface will team up with Shinidemitsu Budget Rent & Lease Co. in a car rental business next spring for Asian visitors to Kyushu who are not traveli...
Dec 2, 2010 Local News
Kyushu Electric Subsidiary Takes Stake in Indian Renewable Energy Company
Kyuden International, a subsidiary of the Kyushu Electric Power utility company, announced it has created a new renewable energy company in India in partnership with NTPC, India’s ...
Nov 25, 2010 Local News
Arita Ware Sales Recovering
Sales of Arita ware by the primary merchants for July and August exceeded those of the same months in the previous year, according to the Saga office of the Ministry of Finance’s L...
Nov 25, 2010 Local News
Busan Bank Employees Visit FFG on Study Tour
A group of employees from Busan Bank, one of South Korea’s major regional banks, visited the headquarters of Fukuoka Financial Group in Fukuoka City. Busan Bank plans to become a f...
Nov 25, 2010 Local News
Kitakyushu Sends Government and Private Sector Group to Vietnam
The city of Kitakyushu sent a 50-member group consisting of municipal officials in the water department and representatives of 10 local companies to Haiphong, Vietnam, on the 23rd ...
