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Dec 18, 2008 Local News
Adachi Sendensha Performs Chin-don in Paris
The Fukuoka City-based chin-don musical group, Adachi Sendensha, performed in the streets of Paris on the 10th to publicize the previews of the film Tchindon, which commemorates 15...
Dec 18, 2008 Local News
Group Formed to Promote Kyushu Green Tourism
The Kyushu no Mura Tabi Oendan (Group to Support Village Travel in Kyushu) has been formed by private sector groups from throughout Kyushu that conduct green tourism and trips to a...
Dec 18, 2008 Local News
Toshiba to Make Sharp Production Cutbacks at Kyushu Semiconductor Plants
Toshiba announced it would extend the planned shutdown of its semiconductor production plants in Kyushu during the yearend period. The operation rate at its Kitakyushu and Oita Cit...
Dec 18, 2008 Local News
Kirin’s Fukuoka Plant Wins Award for Anti-Global Warming Efforts
Kirin Beer’s Fukuoka Plant in Asakura has received an award from Japan’s Environmental Minister for its successful efforts to cut down on CO2 emissions for reducing global warming....
Dec 18, 2008 Local News
Record Highs in Asian Trade for Kyushu in 2007
The Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade, and Industry has released its Kyushu-Asia Internationalization Report based on economic activity between the two regions in 2007. The report st...
Dec 11, 2008 Local News
Full-Scale Construction on Western Kyushu Shinkansen Route Likely to Start Next Year
The project team of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party for promoting Shinkansen construction has decided that construction should begin in 2009 on the sections of the western Kyus...
Dec 11, 2008 Local News
Regional Bankruptcies Already Exceed Last Year’s Totals
The Fukuoka branch of Tokyo Shokoh Research revealed that its survey of corporate bankruptcies with liabilities of 10 million yen or more in Kyushu and Okinawa Prefecture by the en...
Dec 11, 2008 Local News
Canon Oita to Lay Off More Than 1,100 Workers
Canon subsidiaries Oita Canon and Canon Materials, also of the same prefecture, have been informed that their parent’s plan for production cutbacks will result in a layoff of a com...
Dec 11, 2008 Local News
Kikuike Sells Out 100 Million Yen Worth of Merchandise Coupons
The city of Kikuike, Kumamoto Prefecture, offered for sale 20,000 sets of coupons for regional merchandise worth an aggregate 100 million yen on December 1. They had planned for sa...
Dec 11, 2008 Local News
Best Denki to Open Kuwait Branch
Fukuoka City-based consumer electronics mass merchandiser Best Denki announced it will establish a presence in the Middle East by opening its first store in Kuwait next May. The st...