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| 09/09/08 |
Sony and Kitakyushu in Alliance to Reuse Rare Metals |
Sony Corp. and the city of Kitakyushu formally announced on August 6, 2008 they would begin trials in September to launch an enterprise for the commercial recycling of rare metals. This is the first instance in Japan in which a manufacturer will be involved in the process from recovery of the materials to reinsertion in manufactured goods. If the trials show that commercialization of the enterprise is feasible, Sony will consider developing it into a business on a national scale.
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| 09/09/08 |
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Foreign Student Center Opens |
Local governments have teamed up with universities and companies in the area to open the Fukuoka Prefecture Foreign Student Support Center in Acros Fukuoka in the Tenjin district of Fukuoka City. The center will provide counseling to the students and help them find employment.
About 120 people attended the ceremony opening the center. Director Reiko Aoki said that all foreign students should consider the center to be their Fukuoka home and the staff their family, and to come by for advice at any time. One of the students cut the ceremonial tape.
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| 07/28/08 |
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Fukuoka Ranks 17th among the World's Most Livable Cities |
The London-based international design and culture magazine Monocle announced the results of its survey of the 25 most livable cities in the world on June 24, 2008. Three cities from Japan were ranked: Tokyo came in 3rd, Fukuoka City came in 17th, and Kyoto was ranked 20th.
Fukuoka was tabbed as the "best retail city" in the survey. The magazine noted that local consumers were very sophisticated and were culturally erudite. It also thought highly of the city's natural environment near mountains and rivers.
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| 07/28/08 |
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Aso Group Opens New School for Autos and Robots |
The Aso Group (Yutaka Aso, Director) held the opening ceremony on June 18, 2008 for the Aso College of Automotive Engineering and Technology, the construction of which was completed in April in Hakata Ward, Fukuoka City. The school will specialize in training technicians in the auto and robotics industry.
At the ceremony, Mr. Aso said that personnel is the key to creating a structure in Kyushu for producing 1.5 million autos annually, and that he felt a heavy responsibility and an even greater incentive to achieve that objective.
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| 07/28/08 |
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Moji Line Ferry Starts Operation |
The Moji Line ferry began regular service between the Port of Moji in Kitakyushu and the Port of Busan in South Korea on June 21, 2008. While local expectations are for increased tourism, the greater distribution efficiency for auto parts, which are increasingly being imported from Asian countries, cannot be overlooked.
The advantage of regularly scheduled ferry service is more dependable delivery times than freight ferries. This has the potential to give Kyushu a boost in the procurement of auto parts from Asia.
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