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Jul 2, 2014 Local News
Toyota To Start FCV Sales In Fukuoka
Toyota Motor Corporation announced it will begin sales of fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) within the 2014 fiscal year with a sedan-sized model starting at ¥7 million. Honda has already a...
Jul 1, 2014 Local News
American Insurance Company To Move HQ To Fukuoka
Tokyo-based Mass Mutual Life Insurance Company, the Japanese subsidiary of American parent Mass Mutual Financial Group, announced it will move some of its headquarter functions to ...
Jun 25, 2014 Local News
Kitakyushu Hanger Company Starts Crowdfunding Site
Kitakyushu-based dry cleaner hanger manufacturer Maruso Industry has launched a crowdfunding site to finance the original manufacturing business ideas of small companies and indivi...
Jun 23, 2014 Local News
World-Class Editing Company Calls Fukuoka Home
Did you know Fukuoka is home to Japan’s biggest academic English editing company? New Zealander Kerry Greer, a former corporate lawyer, founded Edanz Group Japan in 1995 to provide...
Jun 9, 2014 Local News
Fukuoka Restaurateur Markets Original Tequila
Noriaki Sugiyama, the owner of the El Borracho chain of Mexican restaurants in and one location in Tokyo, has developed a lighter, smoother tequila for the Japanese market. Sugiyam...
Apr 25, 2014 Local News
City To Offer Interest-Free Loans To Exchange Students
On Apr. 22, Fukuoka City announced the establishment of an interest-free loan fund for foreign exchange students attending seven universities in the city. Students who start a busi...
Apr 24, 2014 Local News
New Lexus SUV To Be Made In Kyushu
Toyota Motor unveiled its all new Lexus NX sport utility vehicle at the ongoing Beijing Motor Show. The NX is the first compact SUV for Lexus, and Toyota plans to sell 80,000 to 90...
Apr 23, 2014 Local News
New Italian Motorcycle and Scooter Shop in Fukuoka
Congratulations to Osamu Inoue and his staff on the opening today of the Scooter Italiano Fukuoka – an official dealer for premium Italian motorcycle brands including Moto Gu...
Apr 18, 2014 Local News
Canadian Company To Install Solar Panels At Nissan Kyushu
On Apr. 16, Solar Power Network, a Canadian company that installs roof-top solar panels, announced plans to install a 2130 kW solar panel array on the roof of Nissan Kyushu’s facto...
Apr 16, 2014 Local News
Riverain Strives To Broaden Appeal
The Hakata Riverain commercial complex in Hakata-ku is trying to shed its image as “too expensive” to become “more inviting.” Over the past two years, Eeny Meeny Miny Mo, the keyst...