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Dec 16, 2010 Local News
Auto Manufacturing Technology Exhibit Held
An exhibition of new automotive technology and production processes was held at Toyota Motors’ headquarters in Miyawaka, Fukuoka Prefecture, with the participation of 34 companies ...
Dec 16, 2010 Local News
Ferry Service to Start between Shimonoseki and Gwangyang
Gwangyang Ferry of South Korea and the city of Shimonoseki announced the company will provide the first ferry service between the two cities starting at the end of January. Gwangya...
Dec 16, 2010 Local News
Fisherman’s Wharf to Open in Nagasaki City
A group of seven enterprises, including fishery cooperatives and companies in the maritime industry, announced plans to open a “fisherman’s wharf” in Nagasaki City next March, whic...
Dec 16, 2010 Local News
Kansai Travel Agency Sells Kyushu Bus Passes
Willer Travel of Osaka has begun sales on its website of the SUNQ Pass for unlimited rides on expressway and route buses in Kyushu, and the one-day Green Pass for buses that stop a...
Dec 16, 2010 Local News
Sakura to Stop at Every Station on Kyushu Shinkansen
JR Kyushu plans to have the new Sakura trains stop at every station on the new Kyushu Shinkansen at least once a day in both directions, it was learned. Several patterns of operati...
Dec 16, 2010 Local News
Nishi-Nippon City Bank to Set up Insurance Unit
The Nishi-Nippon City Bank announced plans to establish an insurance unit called NCB Hoken Plaza with two sales outlets in Fukuoka Prefecture on January 14 next year. They will be ...
Dec 16, 2010 Local News
Nishitetsu to Buy Tenjin Building
The Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co. (Nishitetsu) will purchase an eight-story office building in Fukuoka City’s Tenjin district, it was learned. The purchase price is expected to be seve...
Dec 9, 2010 Local News
Did Fukuoka Korean Schools Receive Illegal Double Subsidy?
An educational corporation operating a primary school and a combined junior high and high school in Kitakyushu, and a primary school in Fukuoka City, for ethnic Koreans has come un...
Dec 9, 2010 Local News
Air Busan’s Occupancy Rate Hits Record High
Air Busan, which launched daily roundtrip flight service between Busan, South Korea, and Fukuoka City in March, announced a flight occupancy rate of 83% for the month of November. ...
Dec 9, 2010 Local News
J-Com Companies to Merge
J-Com Fukuoka and J-Com Kitakyushu, subsidiaries of the cable TV company Jupiter Telecommunications, announced they will merge as of January 1 next year. With competition expected ...
