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Oct 8, 2009 Local News
Nishitetsu to End Bus Card Sales
Fukuoka City-based Nishi-Nippon Railroad (Nishitetsu) said it will stop selling its pre-paid magnetic Bus Cards used exclusively for buses next April. It will be possible to use th...
Oct 8, 2009 Local News
Fukuoka City to Set 30-Meter Height Limit on New Buildings
With the growing citizen interest in the quality of their living environment, Fukuoka City has firmed up a policy of limiting the height of new buildings in residential areas to 30...
Oct 8, 2009 Local News
Kyushu’s Five Department Stores Jointly Develop and Sell Men’s Clothing
The five department store companies in Kyushu have launched a month-long sales campaign for a limited line of men’s clothing they jointly developed. Their first such joint effort w...
Oct 8, 2009 Local News
Saibu Gas Policies Win Favorable Interest Rates
The Mitsui Sumitomo Bank officially recognized those companies with environmentally friendly policies at a company ceremony, and said it would offer preferential interest rates on ...
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...
