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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 ...
Jul 16, 2009 Local News
Efforts Underway to Attract Aviation Industry to Fukuoka
With the region’s core automotive and semiconductor industries suffering from the economic doldrums, the government of Fukuoka Prefecture is turning to the aviation industry to pic...
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 9, 2009 Local News
May Convenience Store Sales Down for First Time in 16 Months
The Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade, and Industry released statistics for convenience store sales in the Kyushu/Okinawa region for May showing a 2.1% year-on-year decline to 57.4 b...
Jul 9, 2009 Local News
Fukuoka City and Busan Launch Joint Website
Asia Gateway, a joint website presenting Fukuoka City and Busan, South Korea, as a single tourism area, debuted on the Internet on the 7th. It features explanations of tourist attr...
Jul 9, 2009 Local News
Fukuoka City and Kitakyushu Mayors Meet to Strengthen Ties
Fukuoka City Mayor Hiroshi Yoshida and Kitakyushu Mayor Kenji Kitahashi met at a Fukuoka City hotel to strengthen the relationship between the two cities based on four policies, in...
Jul 9, 2009 Local News
Chinese Artists Living in Kyushu Form Federation
Chinese residents of Kyushu involved with the arts formed a federation from eight smaller groups last week to promote exchange with each other and with Japanese artists in the regi...
Jul 9, 2009 Local News
Plant Closings Hit Kyushu Manufacturing Industry
The economic downturn is having an impact on the Kyushu manufacturing industry through a series of plant closings and consolidations. The announcement that Asahi Glass Kyushu will ...