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Sep 3, 2009 Local News
Toto Cutting Back on Oita Plant Operations
Kitakyushu-based Toto announced it will transfer some of the production lines making water faucets at its Oita plant to its plant in Kokura, Kitakyushu, by next March. The company ...
Sep 3, 2009 Local News
Kumamoto Dairy Cooperatives to Export Milk to Vietnam
The Kumamoto Prefecture Federation of Dairy Industry Cooperatives said they plan to export milk this year to meet the growing demand for the beverage in that country. The exports w...
Sep 3, 2009 Local News
Nishi-Nippon City Bank to Establish Securities Subsidiary
The Nishi-Nippon City Bank announced it will create a securities subsidiary jointly with Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings Inc. The bank’s objective is to expand its business by offer...
Aug 27, 2009 Local News
Hybrid Eco-Home Hits the Market in September
Kumamoto City-based Ecoworks, which is involved in the design and construction of environmentally friendly housing, plans to begin sales in September of a so-called “hybrid eco-hou...
Aug 27, 2009 Local News
Kyushu University and JAXA Sign Agreement
Kyushu University and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency have signed an agreement for research, education, and personnel training. This will strengthen an already existing coop...
Aug 27, 2009 Local News
Chinese Language Signs Cropping up in Tenjin
Fukuoka City has started installing Chinese-language information signs in the city’s Tenjin district, the largest commercial area in Kyushu. The objective is to make Chinese touris...
Aug 27, 2009 Local News
Inexpensive Used Car Rental Business Booming
Inexpensive car rental chains offering used cars are thriving in all Kyushu prefectures. Some even have tie-ups with gas stations to cut costs, and the autos can be rented there. I...
Aug 27, 2009 Local News
Maharajah Fukuoka Suspends Operations
The once-popular Maharajah Fukuoka disco has temporarily suspended operations due to a shortage of customers. The company operating the establishment says it has no timetable for r...
Aug 27, 2009 Local News
Potential Workforce of Elderly Totals 500,000
The Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade, and Industry has conducted a survey of Kyushu companies and those aged 60 and older. The bureau estimates there are about 500,000 of that age g...
Aug 27, 2009 Local News
Efforts Mounting to Recycle Raw Garbage in Kyushu
The Kyushu Foods Recycling Cooperative was established this month in Kitakyushu by eight companies in the food products industry to recycle food product waste as feed for hogs thro...
