Hakata Matsuri
Held from 1 to 15 July in the Hakata district of the city of Fukuoka in Japan, the Hakata Festival is officially named Hakata Yamagasa Gion, linking it to the famous Gion Matsuri in Kyo...
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Fukuoka Financial, Kyushu-Shinwa to merge, become top regional lender
FUKUOKA - Fukuoka Financial Group Inc. and Kyushu-Shinwa
Holdings Inc., both major regional banking groups b...
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Fukuoka Financial merger creates top regional group
FUKUOKA - Fukuoka Financial Group Inc. turned Nagasaki
Prefecture-based Shinwa Bank into a wholly owned subsidiary Monday,
cr...
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BOJ's Fukui notes uncertainty in global economy, but upbeat on Japan
TOKYO - Bank of Japan Governor Toshihiko Fukui on Monday noted
uncertainties surrounding the global economy d...
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Japan's August industrial output revised upward to 3.5% gain
TOKYO - The government revised upward Japan's August industrial
output data on Monday, saying that production increas...
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(EDS: UPDATING WITH KYUSHU-SHINWA'S ANNOUNCEMENT)
Kyushu-Shinwa Holdings Inc., a regional lender in Kyushu, said
Wednesday it has asked bigger local rival Fukuoka Financial Group
Inc. to in...
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Matsushita, Hitachi to supply each other with large plasma TV panels
OSAKA - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. and Hitachi Ltd. said
Thursday they will supply each other with 85...
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Tokyo stocks rebound on Wall St. gains, weaker yen
TOKYO - Tokyo stocks ended higher Thursday for the first rise in
three days as a sharp rebound overnight in U.S. shares and the...
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Nomura to exit U.S. residential mortgage-backed securities business
TOKYO - Nomura Holdings Inc. said Monday it will withdraw from
the U.S. residential mortgage-backed securities...
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World 1st manta ray born in captivity dies at Okinawa aquarium
NAHA - The world's first manta ray to be born in captivity was
found dead Thursday at an offshore pen maintained by...
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Hakata Matsuri
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