Ceramist Ryuzan Aoki Dies
Ryuzan Aoki of Arita, Saga Prefecture, the first Kyushu ceramist to receive the Order of Culture and an advisor to the Nitten (Japan Fine Arts Exhibition), died of liver failure at...
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Orix to Build Shopping Mall in Nagasaki City Suburbs
Tokyo-based Orix announced plans to build a shopping center in a Nagasaki City suburb 10 kilometers north of the city. The anchor tenant will be a Uniqlo outlet. Plans call for the...
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Work Begins on Nagasaki Shinkansen Line
A ceremony marking the start of construction on the Nagasaki leg of the Shinkansen was held in a public park in Ureshino, Saga Prefecture, on the 28th. The section of the route bei...
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Kumamoto Governor’s Monthly Salary Slashed by One Million Yen
The new governor of Kumamoto Prefecture, Ikuo Urashima, submitted a bill to an extraordinary session of the prefectural legislature to cut the governor’s monthly salary by one mill...
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Trials for Using Nishitetsu nimoca Card at Lawson’s
Trials will begin in the Fukuoka City area for the Nishitetsu contactless payment card nimoca, to be introduced on May 18 for use for train fares and as e-money, at four Lawson’s c...
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Nishi-Nippon City Bank to Boost International Business
Fukuoka City-based Nishi-Nippon City Bank unveiled its new mid-term business plan, called New Stage 2008. The core elements of the plan are moves to develop the bank’s overseas bus...
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Tourists to Miyazaki Prefectural Offices Top 400,000
Since the popular former comedian Hideo Higashikokubaru was elected governor of Miyazaki Prefecture, more than 400,000 people have come to visit the prefectural offices. This is eq...
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Daihatsu Kyushu to Open Development Center in Fukuoka
Sources told the Nishinippon Shimbun that Daihatsu Motor Co. subsidiary Daihatsu Kyushu will locate its new vehicle design and development center in Nishi Ward, Fukuoka City, near ...
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Emergency Taxi Service to Start in Iizuka
Shonai Kanko of Iizuka, Fukuoka Prefecture, will launch an emergency taxi service for registered users in May. When an emergency occurs, the user would simply press the emergency b...
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Kumamoto City Mayor Calls for Stronger Vertical Ties in Kyushu
Kumamoto City Mayor Seishi Koyama held a press conference to call for stronger “vertical ties” in Kyushu with the opening of the Kyushu Shinkansen in 2011 by forming a special agre...