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Jan 19, 2012 Local News
First Kyushu Bankruptcy Rise in Three Years
The Fukuoka Branch of Tokyo Shokoh Research revealed that bankruptcies of companies in Kyushu and Okinawa Prefecture with at least 10 million yen in liabilities for 2011 rose for t...
Jan 19, 2012 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture to Offer Consultation to Foreigners on Medical Facility Use
The Fukuoka Prefecture government established the Fukuoka Asia Medical Support Center in Fukuoka City on the 16th to offer consultation services to foreigners from Asia and elsewhe...
Jan 19, 2012 Local News
Convenience Stores to Issue Residence and Seal Certificates in Fukuoka City
Fukuoka City Mayor Soichiro Takashima announced a new service in which residents can take their basic citizens’ ledger card to 7-Eleven convenience stores and have residence certif...
Jan 12, 2012 Local News
Toshiba Holdings to Build Large Solar Plant in Kumamoto
Toshiba Holdings of Kitakyushu announced plans to start construction in March of a mega-solar power plant in Nankan-machi, Kumamoto Prefecture. It will have an output of 3,759 kW f...
Jan 12, 2012 Local News
Takanohana to Build Dohyo in Miyazaki
Former sumo grand champion and current stable master Takanohana announced he was starting a program of building sumo rings throughout the country to promote the appeal of sumo, and...
Jan 12, 2012 Local News
Nijohamatama Toll Road Unable to Return 3 Brillion Yen
Public highway corporations in Fukuoka and Saga prefectures are facing a deadline of the end of FY 2012 for the repayment of 17.2 billion yen in operating expenses, but the Nishini...
Jan 12, 2012 Local News
Kyushu Teams Sweep National High School Volleyball Titles
At the national high school volleyball championships held in Tokyo, the girls’ team from Higashi Kyushu Ryukoku High School in Nakatsu, Oita Prefecture, defeated Hikami High School...
Jan 12, 2012 Local News
KIT Group Develops New Semiconductor Testing Technology
A group from the Department of Creative Informatics in the Kyushu Institute of Technology has developed new technology enabling reduced production costs through greater inspection ...
Jan 12, 2012 Local News
Private Power Generation Expanding in Kyushu
With utilities requesting cutbacks in power consumption since last summer, a growing number of Kyushu companies are building new facilities for in-house power consumption, or expan...
Jan 12, 2012 Local News
Push Planned to Export Kyushu Agricultural Products
The Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade, and Industry and the Kyushu Regional Agricultural Administration Office announced they would form a new council in March to promote the export ...