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Jul 19, 2012

FITC Launches Electronics Technology Net

The Mechanics and Electronics Research Institute of the Fukuoka Industrial Technology Center has launched the Fukuoka Electronics and Technology Network to promote ties between com...

Jul 19, 2012

Saibu Gas to Start Solar Power Generation

Fukuoka City-based Saibu Gas announced it will bring on line three solar power plants in Nagasaki City, Fukuoka City, and Omuta, from October to December. They are the first city g...

Jul 19, 2012

Two Nissan Parts Suppliers to Build Plants in Kitakyushu

Plastic foamed product manufacturer JSP of Tokyo and affiliate Toyo Cork of Hiroshima, both of which supply Nissan Motors, are nearing completion on arrangements to build plants in...

Jul 19, 2012

FACo to Have Display in Dalian

The Fukuoka Asia Collection (FACo), which conducts fashion shows featuring the products of Fukuoka clothing manufacturers, will open a showroom in the Dalian Fashion Building in th...

Jul 19, 2012

Ito Wins Third Term as Kagoshima Governor

Yuichiro Ito won his third term as governor of Kagoshima Prefecture, winning slightly more than 66% of the vote to defeat challenger Yoshitaka Mukohara. Mukohara tried to turn the ...

Jul 13, 2012

JR Group Names First Female President

At the end of June, Yumi Akagi, head of the operations and planning division of JR Kyushu, was named president of JR Kyushu Fast Foods, a group subsidiary. Akagi joined the company...

Jul 13, 2012

Kumamoto Prefecture Signs Memorandum with Kyushu Electric Power

Kumamoto Prefecture has signed a memorandum of understanding with Kyushu Electric Power concerning the Sendai nuclear power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture. The memorandum concerns ...

Jul 13, 2012

Seven Shinkin Banks to Expand Range of Business

Fukuoka Shinkin Bank and six other shinkin banks in the prefecture have amended their articles of incorporation to extend their business operations throughout the prefecture. They...