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Feb 23, 2012 Local News
Kyushu Air Travel Competition Heats Up
The Nishinippon Shimbun reports that price cutting competition for airline travel in Kyushu is intensifying. Kitakyushu-based Starflyer will be offering 10,000 yen one-way fares fr...
Feb 23, 2012 Local News
Daiei to Introduce Internet Supermarket
Daiei announced it will introduce an Internet supermarket in two Fukuoka City stores this spring. It would enable shoppers to select the items they want to purchase over the Intern...
Feb 23, 2012 Local News
Fukuoka City Set to Revise Street Stall Operating Policy
A Fukuoka City committee for reevaluating the city’s policy toward its well-known street stalls is preparing to release a recommendation that will permit new people to enter the bu...
Feb 23, 2012 Local News
Hakata Hankyu to Bring in More than 30 New Shops
Hakata Hankyu, the department store located in the JR Hakata Station Building, revealed that it plans a remodeling program to allow them to bring in more than 30 specialty shops to...
Feb 23, 2012 Local News
Business Fair Held in Fukuoka City
Asia Big Market 2012, a group formed to bring together venture capital-backed companies and investors primarily in the Kyushu region, held a business fair in Fukuoka City last week...
Feb 23, 2012 Local News
Year’s First Watermelon Shipments from Kumamoto
The year’s first watermelon shipment was sent from Ueki-machi in Kumamoto Prefecture, the area that produces the most watermelons in Japan. The 2,800 melons were grown in greenhous...
Feb 23, 2012 Local News
Saga to be Named Special “Hello Work” District
The government and the national governor’s conference are making arrangements to select Saga and Saitama prefectures as trial sites for the shift of the national government*s...
Feb 23, 2012 Local News
Camellia Oil to be Used for Goto Promotion
Nagasaki Prefecture has announced a tie-up with cosmetics manufacturer Shiseido to use the popular hair care brand Tsubaki, which has camellia oil from Goto as one of the ingredien...