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Nov 26, 2009 Local News
JR Kyushu Wins First National Company League Baseball Crown
JR Kyushu won its first national company league baseball title by defeating the Honda team from Saitama 3-2 in extra innings in Osaka’s Kyocera Dome. It was JR Kyushu’s first victo...
Nov 26, 2009 Local News
Tokyo Electron Kyushu to Expand Kumamoto R&D Facilities
Tokyo Electron subsidiary Tokyo Electron Kyushu announced it signed an agreement with Kumamoto Prefecture and the city of Goshi to expand its semiconductor manufacturing research a...
Nov 26, 2009 Local News
One of Kyushu’s Largest Square Tombs Discovered
The Kitakyushu Board of Education announced it had discovered one of Kyushu’s largest square tombs surrounded by a moat. The tomb, which dates from 150-250 AD in the latter Yayoi P...
Nov 26, 2009 Local News
Showa Shell to Build Solar Power Plant in Miyazaki
The Showa Shell oil company will enter the solar power generating business by building two plants in Miyazaki Prefecture with the large output capacity of 1,000 kW. The power from ...
Nov 26, 2009 Local News
Local Governments Differ in Response to Amakudari Disclosure
A survey by the Nishinippon Shimbun has revealed that of the seven Kyushu prefectures and two cities with specially designated authority only Fukuoka and Nagasaki prefectures have ...
Nov 26, 2009 Local News
Jeju Air to Reduce Kitakyushu-Incheon Flights to Three a Week
Jeju Air of South Korea will reduce its weekly round-trip flights between Kitakyushu and Incheon Airport at Seoul from four to three next January, it was announced. The airline beg...
Nov 26, 2009 Local News
FDA to Launch Fukuoka-Matsumoto Route
Shizuoka-based Fuji Dream Airlines (FDA) has decided to take over two of three round-trip flights between Fukuoka City and Matsumoto Airport in Nagano Prefecture that are being rel...
Nov 26, 2009 Local News
Kitakyushu Soccer Team to Enter J2 League
New Wave Kitakyushu, a soccer team in the Japan Football League, defeated a team from Takasaki 2-1 to finish in the top four and thereby earn a promotion to the J2 League, the seco...
Nov 26, 2009 Local News
Wireless LAN for Kitakyushu Shopping District
A wireless LAN will be installed in the Uo-machi shopping district and the Uo-machi Itchome shopping District in Kitakyushu next April, it was announced. The LAN will allow shopper...
Nov 26, 2009 Local News
New Hakata Station Building Revenue Estimated at 130 Billion Yen
The Fukuoka City branch of the Development Bank of Japan estimates that the new Hakata Station Building scheduled to open in the spring of 2011 will earn roughly 130 billion yen in...
