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May 27, 2010 Local News
Best Denki to Accelerate Taiwan Expansion
Fukuoka City-based Best Denki announced it will accelerate its expansion to Taiwan. The company is concentrating its business assets in Kyushu, but plans to increase its presence i...
May 27, 2010 Local News
Busan Holds Seminar to Publicize Investment Opportunities
The city of Busan, South Korea, sponsored a seminar in Fukuoka City to promote investment by local companies and governments in a special industrial park for that will give prefere...
May 27, 2010 Local News
Toyota Kyushu Sales Rise 16%
Toyota Motors Kyushu released its business results for the fiscal year ended March 2010, which showed that the company sold roughly 338,000 units, the third-highest total in the co...
May 20, 2010 Local News
Kyushu Shinkansen Operating Trials to Begin in September
Operating trials for the unopened route of the Kyushu Shinkansen from Fukuoka City to Yatsushiro are slated to begin in September. According to authorities, the civil engineering w...
May 20, 2010 Local News
Nishi-Nippon City Bank to Support Overseas Expansion
The Fukuoka City-based Nishi-Nippon City Bank has formed a special department to specialize in financial support to local companies that want to establish an overseas presence or c...
May 20, 2010 Local News
Regional Bankruptcies at Lowest Level in 37 Years
The Fukuoka branch of Tokyo Shokoh Research released their April statistics for corporate bankruptcies with more than 10 million yen in liabilities in Kyushu and Okinawa Prefecture...
May 20, 2010 Local News
Tax Break-Eligible NPO Certifications Lagging in Kyushu
The use of the system to receive tax breaks by donating to non-profit organizations is lagging in Kyushu. Of the 144 NPOs that have received such certification, roughly half are in...
May 20, 2010 Local News
Earnings Improve for Regional Banks
The 18 regional banks headquartered in Kyushu and Yamaguchi Prefecture released their financial reports for the year ended March 2010, which showed that 15 were improved in the net...
May 20, 2010 Local News
Zinc Recovered Inexpensively from Waste Water
Fukuoka Prefecture announced it had developed and put into operation the first device in the country for inexpensively recovering zinc from the waste water at plating plants for re...
May 20, 2010 Local News
Miyazaki Governor Declares State of Emergency
Miyazaki Prefecture Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru declared a state of emergency for the entire prefecture as the foot-and-mouth infection continues to infect local livestock. He has a...
