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| 07/13/10 |
JR Kyushu Forms Joint Venture with Indian IT Company |
JR Kyushu announced that its IT subsidiary JR Kyushu System Solutions Inc. has formed a joint venture with Patni Computer Systems Japan, Inc., the Japanese arm of Patni Computer Systems of India, to engage in the product engineering service sector. Patni will provide the technology, and the joint venture will sell embedded systems for the control of factory production lines, consumer electronics, and automobiles for local companies in the auto and semiconductor industries.
They will also sell to other companies the systems for accounting and tenant management developed for the JR Kyushu group.
The joint venture, named JR Kyushu Patni Systems, will be established in July with a capitalization of 100 million yen and 20 employees. The objective is to develop new customers and expand JR's presence in the Asian market.
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| 07/13/10 |
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Swedish Furniture Company IKEA to Open Fukuoka Shop |
The Japanese subsidiary of IKEA, the Swedish company that is the world's largest furniture maker, announced it had acquired about 80,000 square meters of land in Shingu-machi Fukuoka near the JR Shingu Chuo Station, to open a shop. It also has excellent automobile access because it is near an exit for a national expressway. The company plans to open the shop in 2012, making it their first in Kyushu and their sixth in Japan.
The company's strategy is a popular one in Japan, and it calls for a large 40,000 square meter sales floor, a large selection of affordable furniture in the northern European style, and a sophisticated sense of design.
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| 07/13/10 |
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Kitakyushu Opens Low-Carbon Center |
The city of Kitakyushu opened the Asia Center for a Low-Carbon Society in June. The objective is to transfer the environmental technology the city's companies have developed to other Asian countries.
This technology includes mechanisms for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and water purification systems. Kitakyushu, selected as a model environmental city by the national government, has taken the lead in spreading the low-carbon concept in the rapidly growing countries of Asia. Their target is to reduce the level of CO2 emissions in Asia to 23.4 million tons by 2050. This is 1.5 times the total the city emitted in 2005.
The center has a committee of specialists composed of representatives from major corporations in the city, including Yaskawa Electric, TOTO, and Nippon Steel. They will formulate CO2 reduction measures, and present proposals to other Asian countries for projects related to CO2 reduction.
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| 06/09/10 |
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China's Largest EC Site Opens Two Offices |
Alibaba Marketing, a unit of China's Alibaba, the largest e-commerce site in the world, has opened sales offices in Fukuoka City and Kitakyushu with the objective of expanding use of the website.
They chose the region as a site for offices because local industries are competitive internationally, including the auto and semiconductor industries, and there is a great deal of high value-added processing of primary products, including food and wood. They are also the location of the Port of Kitakyushu and the Port of Hakata, which link Japan to East Asia, and small businesses here are interested in expanding overseas. The site hopes to support the globalization of these small businesses.
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Fukuoka Prefecture Works with Auto Companies to Develop Cars for the Aged |
Fukuoka Prefecture is working with Japan's major auto companies to develop new cars easier for the elderly to drive. They will formulate a plan this fiscal year to develop automobiles with functions that enhance the reduced driving capabilities of the elderly using IT and other means.
At the core of their plans is the unique road traffic system concept to reduce the risk of accidents for elderly drivers by connecting changes in road conditions, such as traffic signals and congestion, to a system for controlling automobiles. The prefecture hopes to create new demand by giving priority to automobiles thought to have high latent demand, and to the transportation system.
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