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Sep 24, 2009 Local News
Furuyu Japan-Korea Film Festival Held
The 26th Furuyu Japan-Korea Film Festival was held from the 19th to the 22nd in Fuji-cho, Saga City. This year’s theme was The Japan-Korea Strait Region, and eight local government...
Sep 24, 2009 Local News
Fukuoka University Students Subtitle Chinese and Korean Movies for Film Festival
Students of the Chinese and Korean languages at Fukuoka University subtitled several Chinese and Japanese films from the 1950s for a film festival held in Fukuoka City on the 22nd....
Sep 24, 2009 Local News
Saibu Gas Sales Show First Year-on-Year Rise in Seven Months
Fukuoka City-based Saibu Gas released the figures for the company’s gas sales in August, which showed a 0.2% rise from the year before to 64.7 million cubic meters. That’s the firs...
Sep 24, 2009 Local News
Commercial Property Values Plunge in Fukuoka City
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport released the results of their survey of land values as of July 1, which showed that commercial property values in the seven Kyus...
Sep 24, 2009 Local News
Furuyu Japan-Korea Film Festival Held
The 26th Furuyu Japan-Korea Film Festival was held from the 19th to the 22nd in Fuji-cho, Saga City. This year’s theme was The Japan-Korea Strait Region, and eight local government...
Sep 24, 2009 Local News
Fukuoka University Students Subtitle Chinese and Korean Movies for Film Festival
Students of the Chinese and Korean languages at Fukuoka University subtitled several Chinese and Japanese films from the 1950s for a film festival held in Fukuoka City on the 22nd....
Sep 24, 2009 Local News
Kyushu Growth Rate Forecast to Worsen
The Kyushu Economic Research Center has revised downward their forecast for the real economic growth rate in Kyushu and Okinawa Prefecture for 2009. As of December, they had predic...
Sep 24, 2009 Local News
Troubles Plague Fukuoka Bank’s Computer Systems
Fukuoka Bank, the largest regional bank in Kyushu, discussed the impact on customers the recent difficulties they’ve had with their on-line settlement system at a press conference....
Sep 24, 2009 Local News
Development of Eco-Car for the Elderly Gets Underway
A group consisting of Fukuoka Prefecture, Fujitsu Kyushu Systems, Kyushu University, and other entities has begun work on development of equipment to be used in an inexpensive, ene...
Sep 24, 2009 Local News
Fukuoka-Busan Forum Held in Fukuoka City on 19th
The 4th Fukuoka-Busan Forum with business and political leaders from both cities attending was held in Fukuoka City on the 19th. This year’s theme was the creation of sustainable s...
