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Dec 28, 2011 Local News
Police to Install 42 Surveillance Cameras in Nakasu and Other Locations
The Fukuoka City Police Department announced the installation of 42 surveillance cameras in the Nakasu district and nearby areas, and said they would begin operation on January 1st...
Dec 28, 2011 Local News
Nishi-Nippon City Bank Introduces New Transparency Policy
The Nishi-Nippon City Bank of Fukuoka City announced the implementation of a new policy called Asset Direction, in which it will provide graphs and charts analyzing the assets that...
Dec 28, 2011 Local News
Yaskawa Electric to Produce Robots in China
Kitakyushu-based Yaskawa Electric announced they will build a robot production facility in China’s Jiangsu Province, which will begin operations in March 2013. Their objectives are...
Dec 28, 2011 Local News
Standards to be Set for Takeo-Nagasaki Shinkansen Route
The government and the Democratic Party of Japan have settled on a policy of using the same standards for the 66-kilometer Takeo Onsen-Nagasaki leg of the western branch of the Kyu...
Dec 22, 2011 Local News
Hawks’ Series Victory Boosts Sales
Kyushu’s department stores conducted special sales in October and November to celebrate the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks’ victory in the Japan Series. The results of those sales have now...
Dec 22, 2011 Local News
Saibu Gas to Sponsor Baseball Team
Fukuoka City-based gas company Saibu Gas announced it will sponsor a team in the Japan Amateur Baseball Association starting in April. They already have begun scouting for players ...
Dec 22, 2011 Local News
Lawson Farm Oita Ships Tomatoes
Lawson Farm Oita, an agricultural production company created by convenience store chain Lawson’s, has begun selling the tomatoes it has grown in the prefecture to the 42 of the 142...
Dec 22, 2011 Local News
Trial Co. to Establish Presence in China
Fukuoka City-based discount store operator Trial Co. announced plans to open their first outlet in China in 2012. Combined with the 10 they already have in South Korea, the company...
Dec 22, 2011 Local News
Sharp Rise in Overseas Companies with Regional Offices
The Kyushu Economic Research Center has released the results of its survey of foreign capital-affiliated firms with offices in the seven Kyushu prefectures, Okinawa Prefecture, and...
Dec 22, 2011 Local News
Approval Nearing for Construction Work on Shinkansen
The ruling Democratic Party of Japan will ask the Cabinet to approve construction on three sections of the Shinkansen, one of which is the western leg of the Kyushu Shinkansen from...