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Sep 3, 2009 Local News
Nishi-Nippon City Bank to Establish Securities Subsidiary
The Nishi-Nippon City Bank announced it will create a securities subsidiary jointly with Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings Inc. The bank’s objective is to expand its business by offer...
Sep 3, 2009 Local News
Kitakyushu to Lock Gang-Related Businesses out of Wholesale Market
In an effort to stem crimes committed by criminal gangs, the city of Kitakyushu will present legislation in September to prevent firms with ties to those gangs from doing business ...
Sep 3, 2009 Local News
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to Begin Lithium Ion Battery Production in Kyushu
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries announced they will establish Kyushu’s first plant to produce lithium ion batteries on the grounds of their Nagasaki shipyard. They plan to invest about...
Sep 3, 2009 Local News
Companies Using Chikugo River Water Donate to Environmental Protection
The Fukuoka and Saga branches of Kirin Beer, and Bridgestone Tire sales subsidiary Bridgestone Tire Sales Nishinihon, will donate part of their September sales to groups working to...
Sep 3, 2009 Local News
Kitakyushu to Lock Gang-Related Businesses out of Wholesale Market
In an effort to stem crimes committed by criminal gangs, the city of Kitakyushu will present legislation in September to prevent firms with ties to those gangs from doing business ...
Sep 3, 2009 Local News
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to Begin Lithium Ion Battery Production in Kyushu
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries announced they will establish Kyushu’s first plant to produce lithium ion batteries on the grounds of their Nagasaki shipyard. They plan to invest about...
Sep 3, 2009 Local News
Companies Using Chikugo River Water Donate to Environmental Protection
The Fukuoka and Saga branches of Kirin Beer, and Bridgestone Tire sales subsidiary Bridgestone Tire Sales Nishinihon, will donate part of their September sales to groups working to...
Sep 3, 2009 Local News
DPJ Now Strongest Party in Kyushu
The results of the landslide victory by the Democratic Party of Japan in the recent lower house elections means that the party has for the first time won the most number of seats i...
Sep 3, 2009 Local News
Nishitetsu Group Civil Engineering Companies to Merge
The Nishi-Nippon Railway Co. (Nishitetsu) revealed that three of its group companies involved with civil engineering work would merge as of October 1. One objective of the merger i...
Sep 3, 2009 Local News
All Nishitetsu Buses Now Accept nimoca Cards
Fukuoka City-based Nishi-Nippon Railroad (Nishitetsu) announced that all of the route buses operated by the Nishitetsu Group now accept the contactless payment card nimoca. This is...
