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Jun 17, 2010 Local News
JR Kyushu Forms Joint Venture with Indian IT Company
JR Kyushu announced that its IT subsidiary JR Kyushu System Solutions Inc. has formed a joint venture with Patni Computer Systems Japan, Inc., the Japanese arm of Patni Computer Sy...
Jun 17, 2010 Local News
Anti-Gang Efforts Taking Root in Fukuoka
The Fukuoka Prefecture law prohibiting businesses from providing benefits to criminal groups, which took effect in April, is starting to have an impact. The member companies of the...
Jun 17, 2010 Local News
Kyushu Companies Flock to Busan Trade Fair
The Busan Chamber of Commerce and Industry sponsored a trade fair from the 11th to the 13th for companies wishing to enhance their presence in that region of South Korea, and 18 co...
Jun 17, 2010 Local News
Shipping Volume Down at 23 Regional Ports
The Kyushu District Transport Bureau revealed that the volume of goods unloaded at the 23 designated regional ports in Kyushu and Yamaguchi Prefecture in FY 2009 totaled 157.30 mil...
Jun 17, 2010 Local News
Numbers Down for Passenger Ship Travel to South Korea
The Kyushu District Transport Bureau reported that the number of passengers traveling by ship between Kyushu/Yamaguchi Prefecture and South Korea in FY 2009 plunged 20.7% from the ...
Jun 17, 2010 Local News
Saga Shochu to Make Hollywood Debut
Following up on a suggestion by film producer Yoko Narahashi, who also provides international casting services for Hollywood films, the Kitakyushu-based Sake no Ichiza, a group pro...
Jun 17, 2010 Local News
All Kyushu Edition of NO!! Published
The monthly NO!! Magazine of Fukuoka City launched a Kyushu edition for its June issue, now on sale. The publication, aimed at young people, was launched with a Kumamoto edition in...
Jun 17, 2010 Local News
Kitakyushu Signs Memorandum of Understanding with UNIDO
The city of Kitakyushu signed a memorandum of understanding with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) to help cut greenhouse gas emissions in developing c...
Jun 17, 2010 Local News
Kitakyushu Signs Memorandum of Understanding with UNIDO
The city of Kitakyushu signed a memorandum of understanding with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) to help cut greenhouse gas emissions in developing c...
Jun 17, 2010 Local News
Expressway Bus Service between Kitakyushu and Oita Launched
Nishitetsu Kitakyushu, Kamenoi Bus of Beppu, and Oita Kotsu of Oita City have launched a jointly operated expressway bus service between the three cities. It is the first bus servi...
