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Jul 30, 2009 Local News
Fukuoka Asia Collection to Open Sales Area on Rakuten Website
Fukuoka Asia Collection, a group organized to promote the region as an Asian fashion center that includes as its members the Fukuoka Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Fukuoka City ...
Jul 30, 2009 Local News
Fukuoka Children’s Hospital Rethinking PFI Use
Plans are being reworked for the operation of the Fukuoka Children’s Hospital, which will be rebuilt and opened at a new location in March 2014. The hospital, which is expected to ...
Jul 30, 2009 Local News
Kokonoe-machi Night Hike Cancelled Due to Poor Participant Behavior
The night walking rally conducted for more than 20 years in Kokonoe-machi, Oita Prefecture, has been cancelled this year due to the poor behavior of the participants. The hike was ...
Jul 30, 2009 Local News
Ene-farm Energy System for Households Gaining Popularity
Ene-farm, a fuel cell cogeneration system for households that uses natural gas, is increasingly being used by the natural gas industry as a counter to electric power companies that...
Jul 30, 2009 Local News
Kyushu Export Rate Suffers Sharpest Decline in History
Moji Customs announced trade statistics for the Kyushu region, which includes Yamaguchi and Okinawa prefectures, for the January-June 2009 period, showing that exports fell 39.9% f...
Jul 30, 2009 Local News
Seagaia Posts 500 Million Yen Loss
The Phoenix Seagaia resort in Miyazaki Prefecture revealed that it recorded an operating loss of 500 million yen on the non-consolidated account for the year ended March 2009. It i...
Jul 30, 2009 Local News
Kyushu Investment Fund to be Launched
Toyo Capital, a subsidiary of the Tokyo-based, mid-tier securities company Toyo Securities, plans to create an investment fund to provide the start-up capital to new Kyushu compani...
Jul 30, 2009 Local News
Lower Won Halves Foreign Tourist Lodgings
The Kyushu District Transport Bureau reports the number of tourists lodging in Kyushu during the January-March 2009 quarter fell by 8.0% from the previous year to roughly 7.416 mil...
Jul 23, 2009 Local News
Late-Night Bus Service to Miyazaki to End
The Nishi-Nippon Railway Co. (Nishitetsu) and Miyazaki Kotsu announced they will suspend their late night express bus service between Fukuoka City and Miyazaki City on September 1....
Jul 23, 2009 Local News
Two Fukuoka Municipalities to Recover Rare Metals from Garbage
The city of Chikugo and O’oki-machi in Fukuoka Prefecture have decided to establish a new category for small consumer electronics products when separating garbage for collection to...
