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Dec 24, 2009 Local News
Skymark to Expand Kobe-Kyushu Flights
Tokyo-based Skymark Airlines said it plans to add regularly scheduled round trip flights between Kobe and Kagoshima, Kumamoto, and Nagasaki during fall and winter 2010. The airline...
Dec 24, 2009 Local News
Single-Person or Couple-Only Households to Rise to 30% by 2030 in Four Kyushu Prefectures
The National Institute of Population and Social Security Research released projections that suggest that in four Kyushu prefectures, 30% of all households will be accounted for by ...
Dec 24, 2009 Local News
Group Promotes Kyushu Tourism in Beijing
The Fukuoka City-based Kyushu Tourism Promotion Board began a series of events in Beijing to promote Kyushu tourism in that city. It is a continuation of a similar program conducte...
Dec 24, 2009 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture Vice-Governor Resigns
Fukuoka Prefecture Vice-Governor Nakashima Takayuki has resigned his position over allegations that he was entertained by members of the prefectural town and village association, w...
Dec 24, 2009 Local News
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to Concentrate Shipbuilding Design in Nagasaki
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries revealed that it would assigning the roughly 700 engineers in its shipbuilding design division to its Nagasaki shipyards. The company also plans to shif...
Dec 24, 2009 Local News
Sales of ANA Hayakaken Begin
All Nippon Airways began sales in Fukuoka City of its ANA Hayakaken point card, in which the mileage credits earned by flyers can be converted for use as a discount on fares on the...
Dec 24, 2009 Local News
Fukuoka’s Reputation as a Fashion Center Cemented throughout Kyushu
A survey conducted by Dentsu Kyushu of women in Kumamoto, Oita, and Kagoshima prefectures regarding their awareness of fashion has found that 82.4% have visited Fukuoka City to mak...
Dec 24, 2009 Local News
Chinese Vice-President Visits Kitakyushu
China’s Vice President Xi Jinping visited Kitakyushu on the 16th, and listened to an explanation of Mayor Kenji Kitahashi and other officials about the city’s noted efforts to deal...
Dec 24, 2009 Local News
Skymark to Expand Kobe-Kyushu Flights
Tokyo-based Skymark Airlines said it plans to add regularly scheduled round trip flights between Kobe and Kagoshima, Kumamoto, and Nagasaki during fall and winter 2010. The airline...
Dec 24, 2009 Local News
Single-Person or Couple-Only Households to Rise to 30% by 2030 in Four Kyushu Prefectures
The National Institute of Population and Social Security Research released projections that suggest that in four Kyushu prefectures, 30% of all households will be accounted for by ...
