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Jan 22, 2009 Local News
Fish Cuisine Blog Very Popular
Gas station operator Kazuo Fujiyoshi of Miyaki-cho, Saga Prefecture, started a blog presenting easy recipes to cook fish as a way to improve his culinary skills. It became so popul...
Jan 22, 2009 Local News
Further Cutbacks in Toyota Kyushu Production
Fukuoka Prefecture-based Toyota Motors Kyushu announced it would further reduce its planned production totals for FY 2008 to achieve a level of roughly 290,000 units. The company’s...
Jan 22, 2009 Local News
Extension of Nanakuma Subway Line Mulled
Due to sluggish rider totals, Fukuoka City said it is seriously considering building an extension of the Nanakuma Municipal Subway line from the Tenjin Minami Station through Canal...
Jan 22, 2009 Local News
Kyushu Auto Production to Fall Short of One Million Units
Nissan announced its final plans for FY 2008 auto production at its domestic plants, revealing that it would cut back on initially planned production by 289,000 units, or 20.8%. It...
Jan 22, 2009 Local News
Record High Number of Foreigners Use Port of Hakata
Fukuoka City announced that record highs were set in 2008 for the number of foreigners traveling on ships in and out of the Port of Hakata, as well as the volume of overseas contai...
Jan 22, 2009 Local News
Near Majority Favors Airport Expansion Plan
A council created by the national government, Fukuoka Prefecture, and Fukuoka City to examine ways to relieve congestion at the Fukuoka Airport has analyzed citizen input, it was l...
Jan 22, 2009 Local News
Daihatsu Kyushu Delays Plant Expansion
Daihatsu Kyushu, based in Nakatsu, Oita Prefecture, announced it would postpone the expansion of its engine plant in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, that it had planned for FY 2009. Da...
Jan 22, 2009 Local News
Fewer Huis ten Bosch Patrons
The Huis ten Bosch resort facility in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, announced the number of paying customers in 2008 fell 9% from the previous year to 2.2 million people. It was the...
Jan 22, 2009 Local News
Record High Number of Foreigners Use Port of Hakata
Fukuoka City announced that record highs were set in 2008 for the number of foreigners traveling on ships in and out of the Port of Hakata, as well as the volume of overseas contai...
Jan 22, 2009 Local News
Near Majority Favors Airport Expansion Plan
A council created by the national government, Fukuoka Prefecture, and Fukuoka City to examine ways to relieve congestion at the Fukuoka Airport has analyzed citizen input, it was l...