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Oct 1, 2009 Local News
FDA to Cut Air Fare on Kumamoto and Kagoshima Flights
Fuji Dream Airlines, a regional airline based in Shizuoka Prefecture, announced it would reduce the fares and introduce a discount fare for advance reservations on three Shizuoka f...
Oct 1, 2009 Local News
Kyushu Companies Strongly Opposed to Toll-Free Expressways
The Kyushu Keidanren released the results of its questionnaire survey of corporate members regarding their opinion of the plans of the new Japanese government to eliminate tolls on...
Oct 1, 2009 Local News
Nippon Coke and Engineering Mulling Kitakyushu Furnace Expansion
The Nippon Coke and Engineering Co. is considering an expansion of its coke furnaces in Kitakyushu in anticipation of increased steel demand after an economic recovery. The facilit...
Oct 1, 2009 Local News
Nagasaki Bank to Transfer Security Business to Nishinippon City Bank
Fukuoka City-based Nishinippon City Bank announced its consolidated subsidiary Nagasaki Bank would spin off its securities investment business and transfer it to the parent company...
Oct 1, 2009 Local News
Nissan to Build Large SUV Plant in Kyushu
Automaker Nissan said it would transfer the production of its upscale SUV Infinity from the U.S. to the new Nissan Shatai Kyushu plant in Fukuoka Prefecture. The move is part of th...
Oct 1, 2009 Local News
Kyushu U. Team Strengthens Embryos for Artificially Fertilized Eggs
To deal with the low rate of successful artificial fertilization for Japanese-bred cows, a team of researchers at Kyushu University led by Prof. Masaaki Hattori has found that the ...
Oct 1, 2009 Local News
First Aeon Kyushu Revenue Decline
Aeon Kyushu released its non-consolidated interim report for the term ended August 2009, which showed a 2.7% year-on-year drop in sales to 129.880 billion yen. It was the company’s...
Oct 1, 2009 Local News
First Aeon Kyushu Revenue Decline
Aeon Kyushu released its non-consolidated interim report for the term ended August 2009, which showed a 2.7% year-on-year drop in sales to 129.880 billion yen. It was the company’s...
Oct 1, 2009 Local News
Short Extension of Nanakuma Line Estimated to Cost 50 Billion Yen
Fukuoka City revealed that extending the Nanakuma Line of the municipal subway system from the Tenjinminami Station directly to the Tenjin Station to avoid having passengers on the...
Oct 1, 2009 Local News
Regional Companies a Century Old: 1,721
The Fukuoka branch of Tokyo Shoko Research conducted a survey revealing there are 1,721 companies in Kyushu and Okinawa Prefecture that are at least 100 years old. The oldest is Ka...
