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Jun 3, 2010 Local News
Decline in Number of Babies Left at Akachan Post
The Jikei Hospital in Kumamoto City, which operates a service that allows parents to anonymously deliver their unwanted babies to allow the hospital to find families to care for th...
Jun 3, 2010 Local News
Nishinippon City Bank to Repay Public Funds
The Nishinippon City Bank, based in Fukuoka City, announced plans to finish paying back by September the remaining 35 billion yen in public funds it received. The bank’s predecesso...
May 27, 2010 Local News
Kumamoto University Team Creates World’s Strongest Metal
A team of researchers at Kumamoto University led by Prof. Yoshihito Kawamura announced the creation of a magnesium alloy with a tensile strength of 512 megapascals, making it the s...
May 27, 2010 Local News
Fukuoka Jo Gakuin University to Issue IDs with Nimoca
The Fukuoka Jo Gakuin University will issue student IDs next spring with the added function of the Nishi-Nippon Railway (Nishitetsu) contactless payment card nimoca. That will allo...
May 27, 2010 Local News
New Kitakyushu Bank to Have Three New Branches
The Yamaguchi Prefecture-based Yamaguchi Financial Group, the parent of the Yamaguchi Bank, announced it will open three new branches of the Kitakyushu Bank when the new bank opens...
May 27, 2010 Local News
First Made-In-Kyushu Satellite Successfully Launched
The first satellite made entirely in Kyushu, the KSAT, was successfully launched into earth orbit from the Tanegashima Space Center atop an H2A rocket. It was built as a joint proj...
May 27, 2010 Local News
Best Denki to Accelerate Taiwan Expansion
Fukuoka City-based Best Denki announced it will accelerate its expansion to Taiwan. The company is concentrating its business assets in Kyushu, but plans to increase its presence i...
May 27, 2010 Local News
Busan Holds Seminar to Publicize Investment Opportunities
The city of Busan, South Korea, sponsored a seminar in Fukuoka City to promote investment by local companies and governments in a special industrial park for that will give prefere...
May 27, 2010 Local News
Toyota Kyushu Sales Rise 16%
Toyota Motors Kyushu released its business results for the fiscal year ended March 2010, which showed that the company sold roughly 338,000 units, the third-highest total in the co...
May 27, 2010 Local News
JTB Kyushu Announces Summer Overseas Tours with a 50% Child Discount
Fukuoka City-based JTB Kyushu has begun selling overseas package tours to coincide with school summer vacations in which children from age 2-18 will be charged half of the adult pr...
