Local News

Convenience stores and food products companies are increasingly developing products exclusively for the Kyushu market, the Nishinippon Shimbun reports. The Family Mart convenience store, which has about 1,030 outlets in Kyushu, has hired a well-known Miyazaki-born chef specializing in Italian food to create eight new products, which are now on sale. Lawson’s is selling confections created by four popular shops in the region in most of its Kyushu stores.