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Jun 10, 2010 Local News
Yufuin Tops List of Popular Tourist Sites Second Year in a Row
Recruit released the results of its 2009 rankings for popular tourist sites in Kyushu, and the hot springs resort of Yufuin, Oita Prefecture, topped the list for the second year in...
Jun 3, 2010 Local News
Kyushu University Jointly Develops Electrode Catalyst for CO2 Reuse
Kyushu University, working with the Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI) of Hyogo Prefecture, announced the development of a new electrode catalyst for the reuse ...
Jun 3, 2010 Local News
Mitsui & Co. to Create Yellow Sea Logistics Network
The Kyushu branch of Mitsui & Co. announced plans to create a logistics network for the Yellow Sea region based at the Port of Hakata that would link Japan, China, and South K...
Jun 3, 2010 Local News
Fukuoka Shinkin Bank Offers Pet Insurance
The Fukuoka City-based Fukuoka Shinkin Bank has begun sales of the “Dobutsu Kenko Family” insurance offered by the Anicom Insurance Co. of Tokyo to cover the costs of pet illnesses...
Jun 3, 2010 Local News
Agreement to Build Large Solar Plant in Kumamoto Signed
Tokyo-based Tostem Corp. signed an agreement with Kumamoto Prefecture and the Nagasu-machi municipality to build Kyushu’s largest solar power plant. Construction on the plant, whic...
Jun 3, 2010 Local News
Decline in Number of Babies Left at Akachan Post
The Jikei Hospital in Kumamoto City, which operates a service that allows parents to anonymously deliver their unwanted babies to allow the hospital to find families to care for th...
Jun 3, 2010 Local News
Nishinippon City Bank to Repay Public Funds
The Nishinippon City Bank, based in Fukuoka City, announced plans to finish paying back by September the remaining 35 billion yen in public funds it received. The bank’s predecesso...
Jun 3, 2010 Local News
Ad Income Continues to Fall for Fukuoka Broadcasters
The five private-sector broadcasters based in Fukuoka City released their financial results for the fiscal year ended March 2010, which showed they have been unable to stem the dec...
Jun 3, 2010 Local News
Fall in Tenjin Land Prices Stops
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport released its April report on regional land prices showing that while land prices continued to fall in 82% of the 150 primary com...
Jun 3, 2010 Local News
Oita Bus Companies to Allow Nimoca Card Use
The three bus companies providing service on local routes in Oita City and Beppu will allow the use of the Nishi-Nippon Railway (Nishitetsu) contactless payment card nimoca for far...
