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May 28, 2009 Local News
Kyushu’s First Case of New Flu Virus
Fukuoka Prefecture reported the first case of the new flu virus in the city on the 25th. The patient is a 38-year-old man from San Francisco currently staying in Shime-machi. This ...
May 28, 2009 Local News
Ten Plants to be Closed in Kyushu
A survey by the Nishinippon Shimbun has revealed that companies in the manufacturing industry plan to close 10 factories in Kyushu this year due to the global economic downturn. Ab...
May 28, 2009 Local News
Effort Begins for Kyushu Involvement in Aviation Industry
A group consisting of representatives from every Kyushu prefecture and regional companies and universities to promote a Kyushu aerospace industry has begun a survey to examine the ...
May 28, 2009 Local News
High Speed Computer System to be Lent to Northern Kyushu Researchers
The Kitakyushu Foundation for the Advancement of Industry, Science and Technology (FAIS) announced it will lend the use of a high speed computer system equipped with Cell, the late...
May 28, 2009 Local News
Small Business Lending Down at Nine Regional Banks
Profits Down or Non-Existent at More than 80% of Primary Regional Companies
May 28, 2009 Local News
Youme Town Kurume Sales Leader Among Shopping Malls
The Kyushu Economic Research Center released its sales rankings for suburban shopping malls in Kyushu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and Okinawa Prefecture for FY 2006. At the top of the l...
May 21, 2009 Local News
Saga Prefecture to Charge for Parking at School Lots
Saga Prefecture will introduce a policy of charging teachers to park in school parking lots starting in school year 2010. The objective is to ease the prefecture’s financial crunch...
May 21, 2009 Local News
Toyota Kyushu Posts First Loss in 15 Years
Fukuoka Prefecture-based Toyota Motors Kyushu released its non-consolidated results for the fiscal year ended in March 2009 showing that the company lost money for the first time s...
May 21, 2009 Local News
Daihatsu Kyushu Posts Fourth Straight Revenue Record
With the help of a new model introduced last summer, Oita Prefecture-based Daihatsu Kyushu sold a record number of autos in the year ended March 2009, and posted its fourth straigh...
May 21, 2009 Local News
Business Bad for Regional Banks Last Year
The 18 regional banks based in Kyushu and Yamaguchi Prefecture simultaneously released their business results for the year ended March 2009 on the 15th. Eight of the banks posted n...