Fujitsu to Close Kagoshima Semiconductor Plant
Fujitsu announced it will close the Kyushu plant of its semiconductor manufacturing subsidiary in Kyushu and outsource the production to an Oita-based company. They will also withd...
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New Baseball Park to Attract Third Pro Team to Train in Miyazaki City
Miyazaki City will build a new baseball park at its facilities in the city to attract a third pro team to spring training after the Tokyo Yomiuri Giants and the Fukuoka Softbank Ha...
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Kyushu Electric Likely to Avoid Rolling Blackouts
Kyushu Electric Power announced that they anticipate power use during the period from September 3-7, the last week of the period for their requested summer cutbacks, would be stabl...
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Kitakyushu Hibikinada Biotope to be Opened to Public
The city of Kitakyushu announced plans to open to the public on October 6 the Hibikinada biotope, one of the largest in the country. The land was the former site of a refuse dispos...
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JR Kyushu to Start Oita PR Campaign
JR Kyushu announced it will launch a campaign on October 1 to promote Oita Prefecture as a tourist destination. The campaign will include suggested courses, and feature tour packag...
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Breakdown of Facebook Registrations by Kyushu Municipality Released
The Kyushu Economic Research Center has compiled a ranking of 188 municipalities in Kyushu and Yamaguchi and Okinawa prefectures breaking down the percentage of the population on F...
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Minimum Hourly Wage Rises 6-7 yen in Region
A group affiliated with the Miyazaki Labor Bureau conducted a survey of companies in the seven Kyushu prefectures to ask what their minimum hourly wage would be starting in October...
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Kyuden to Close IRIS Showroom in IMS Building
Kyuden announced plans to close eight “IRIS” showrooms around Kyushu by March 2013, including the one inside the IMS Building in Tenjin, Fukuoka. The showrooms demonstrate the adva...
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Miyazaki Beef Exports Resume
On Sep. 3, two years after being taken off the market due to an outbreak of foot and mouth disease, exportation of Miyazaki beef resumed. Prior to the outbreak in 2010, the industr...
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¥1,000 Nagasaki-Shanghai Cruise Fare
HTB Cruise Company has announced a special fare of just ¥1,000 for one way journeys between Nagasaki and Shanghai in September and October. The first voyage is on 9/30 and departs ...