Yaskawa Electric Opens Robot Sales Division in Germany
Kitakyushu-based Yaskawa Electric has launched a new robot division as part of its Yaskawa Europe subsidiary. The facility is located in the state of Bavaria. It has a showroom for...
Yaskawa Electric Opens Robot Sales Division in Germany
Kitakyushu-based Yaskawa Electric has launched a new robot division as part of its Yaskawa Europe subsidiary. The facility is located in the state of Bavaria. It has a showroom for...
Kitakyushu Receives Order for Sewer System in Indonesia
The city of Kitakyushu announced they have received an order to work with a private sector company to conduct a survey for creating a plan to build sewers in Surabaya, Indonesia. T...
Kyushu International Techno Fair Held in Kitakyushu
The Kyushu International Techno Fair 2012, presenting the most advanced technology for the information and telecommunications sector, automobiles, and robots, was held for three da...
Oita’s Mobile Create to be Listed on Q-Board
The Fukuoka Stock Exchange announced that Mobile Create Co. of Oita would be listed on their Q-Board for new startups on December 20. It is the first new Q-Board listing in five ye...
60% of Primary Kyushu Companies Report Losses or Declining Profits
A total of 60 primary Kyushu non-bank companies released their interim business reports for the current fiscal year. Of the 53 companies for which a comparison is possible, 33, or ...
Ito En to Expand Tea Acreage in Oita
Tea beverage manufacturer Ito En has signed an agreement with three cities in Oita Prefecture to create about 100 hectares of new tea plantations in the prefecture. The objective i...
Profits Fall for 12 Kyushu Regional Banks
The 18 regional banks headquartered in Kyushu released their interim reports for the current fiscal year. A total of 12 of those banks reported lower core net profits. This was att...
Excavations End at Yoshinogari
The Saga Prefecture Education Committee concluded at the end of September its excavation surveys at Yoshinogari, the largest archaeological site dating from the Yayoi period in Jap...
Daihatsu Considering Shift of Development Functions to Kyushu
Daihatsu Motor Co. announced it is mulling the shift its research and development operations now based at their Osaka plant to the Kurume plant of their Kyushu subsidiary starting ...
Fukuoka Pref. Office in Frankfurt to Close in 2013
On Nov. 2, Fukuoka Prefecture announced that they will close down their office in Frankfurt Germany by next March. The office has been open since 2003, however due to a recent decl...