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Oct 8, 2009 Local News
JR Kyushu Revenue Slides in September
JR Kyushu announced that its revenue from railroad operations declined 0.9% from the year-before period. This represents an improvement over the year-on-year revenue declines at th...
Oct 8, 2009 Local News
Toyota Kyushu to Produce New Hybrid
Toyota announced that its Toyota Kyushu subsidiary would be the sole producer of its new Sai hybrid vehicle. Production is slated to start in November, and initial sales, which wil...
Oct 8, 2009 Local News
Second Straight Current Loss for Izutsu-ya
The Kitakyushu-based department store company Izutsu-ya released its consolidated interim report as of August 2009, which showed that the company has posted a current loss for the ...
Oct 8, 2009 Local News
Korean Language Quarterly Focuses on Kyushu
The first issue of a Korean language quarterly named Kyushu Killabi was published on the 2nd. A free magazine, it provides information to the growing market of Korean travelers int...
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...
Oct 1, 2009 Local News
Nishitetsu Expressway Bus Revenue Falls during Silver Week
Nishi-Nippon Railroad (Nishitetsu) announced that revenue from its expressway buses during the Silver Week holidays dropped 1.8% from the year-before period despite a 3.7% increase...
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...
