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Oct 29, 2009 Local News
Starflyer Mulling Purchase of Own Planes
The Kitakyushu-based airline Starflyer revealed that it is considering buying its own aircraft for its Kitakyushu-Haneda flights. The move is in response to the expansion of Haneda...
Oct 29, 2009 Local News
Factory Placement in Kyushu Down More than 50%
The Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade, and Industry released the results of its survey that showed the number of new factory placements in Kyushu in the January-June 2008 period were...
Oct 29, 2009 Local News
Magazine Reports on Kyushu Weddings
Zexy, a magazine providing wedding information published by Recruit of Tokyo, released the results of its 2008 survey of wedding trends. The survey found that the average expenditu...
Oct 29, 2009 Local News
First Use of Fukuoka’s Ramen Wheat Scheduled
The Fukuoka-based ramen chain store operation Ichiran announced that its Nakasukawabata shop would be the first in the region to sell ramen using noodles made from wheat Fukuoka Pr...
Oct 29, 2009 Local News
Municipalities Say Mergers Were Effective
The Kyushu Economic Research Center released the results of its survey of municipalities in Kyushu, and Okinawa and Yamaguchi prefectures, on the efficacy of the many mergers that ...
Oct 29, 2009 Local News
Kyushu Governors Wary of Free Expressway Policy
The Kyushu Governors Council held its first meeting since the inauguration of the new Hatoyama administration on the 26th in Oita Prefecture. In regard to the government’s plan to ...
Oct 29, 2009 Local News
Doubts Arise over Move of Government Offices in Kumamoto City
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport has dropped from the preliminary FY 2010 budget the expenditures for the B Wing of the two national government office buildings ...
Oct 29, 2009 Local News
Fukuoka City Won’t Formally Join 2020 Olympics Committee
Hiroshima City Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba formally asked Fukuoka City and Kitakyushu to join the exploratory committee he formed with Nagasaki City to try to bring the 2020 Olympics to ...
Oct 29, 2009 Local News
Wireless LAN Trials Planned at Canal City
Trials will begin in February of a wireless LAN service that shoppers at the Canal City Hakata shopping complex can use to access product information with handheld terminals. The s...
Oct 29, 2009 Local News
Oita Trinita Relegated to J2 Division
In a match held on the 24th, Oita Trinita played Kyoto Sanga FC to a 1-1 draw, which means they can finish no higher than 16th if they were to win their remaining four matches. As ...
