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Kitakyushu Bank opens

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - A signboard for the new Kitakyushu Bank is unveiled during a ceremony in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Oct. 3, 2011, as the regional bank, owned by Yamaguchi Financial Group Inc., started its operations the same day. It is the only regional bank with its head office in Kitakyshu.

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Kyushu-Shinwa asks Fukuoka Financial Group to integrate management

FUKUOKA, Japan - President Takashige Araki of Kyushu-Shinwa Holdings Inc., a local lender in Kyushu, speaks at a news conference in Fukuoka on May 2 where he announced the bank has given up on its own efforts to turn around its business and asked Fukuoka Financial Group Inc. for a merger. Fukuoka Financial, the top lender in Kyushu and the nation's No. 4 regional bank, has replied positively and agreed to begin merger talks as soon as possible, Kyushu-Shinwa said.

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Misawa Homes suspected of having cooked earnings

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo shows a building housing the head office of Misawa Homes Kyushu Co. Major home maker Misawa Homes Holdings Inc. is suspected of having cooked its group financial statements as officials at its sales subsidiary in Kyushu, Misawa Homes Kyushu Co., admitted Dec. 17 to improper accounting procedures.

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Daiei starts year-end sale to rebuild management

NARASHINO, Japan - Fukuoka Daiei Hawks manager Sadaharu Oh (2nd from R) and actress Hiroko Moriguchi (R) join Daiei Inc. President Kunio Takagi (2nd from L) in a ceremony to launch the struggling supermarket chain operator's crucial year-end sale at its Tsudanuma store, east of Tokyo, on Nov. 21. Daiei, which will receive financial support from its three major creditor banks and the government-backed Development Bank of Japan, aims to boost sales during the year's biggest sales event.

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Ohori Park's homeless asked to stay away during G-7

FUKUOKA, Japan - A homeless man is seen in Ohori Park in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, where a dinner is planned for financial officials participating in the Group of Seven (G-7) meeting July 8. Prefectural authorities are asking homeless people living in the park to stay away while the G-7 officials are in town.

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Special bonus in greenbacks

Employees of Taiho supermarket in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, are all smiles after receiving Aug. 25 a fistful of U.S. dollars in a special August bonus. Taiho managers say they paid their 600 employees in dollars as part of the ''Big Bang'' financial deregulation in Japan.

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Misawa Homes suspected of having cooked earnings

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo shows a building housing the head office of Misawa Homes Kyushu Co. Major home maker Misawa Homes Holdings Inc. is suspected of having cooked its group financial statements as officials at its sales subsidiary in Kyushu, Misawa Homes Kyushu Co., admitted Dec. 17 to improper accounting procedures. (Kyodo)

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Kyushu-Shinwa asks Fukuoka Financial Group to integrate manageme

FUKUOKA, Japan - President Takashige Araki of Kyushu-Shinwa Holdings Inc., a local lender in Kyushu, speaks at a news conference in Fukuoka on May 2 where he announced the bank has given up on its own efforts to turn around its business and asked Fukuoka Financial Group Inc. for a merger. Fukuoka Financial, the top lender in Kyushu and the nation's No. 4 regional bank, has replied positively and agreed to begin merger talks as soon as possible, Kyushu-Shinwa said. (Kyodo)

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Firms face growing difficulties in raising capital: Shirakawa

FUKUOKA, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa gives a lecture at a hotel in Fukuoka on Dec. 1. Shirakawa said the ongoing global financial turmoil has made it increasingly difficult for Japanese firms to raise necessary operating capital and that the Bank of Japan will take every possible measure to address the problem. (Kyodo)

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Fukuoka FG, Eighteenth look to create Japan's biggest regional bank

(From L) Shinwa Bank President Shunsuke Yoshizawa, Fukuoka Financial Group Inc. President Takashige Shibato and Eighteenth Bank President Takujiro Mori join hands in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 26, 2016, after agreeing to start negotiations on management integration that would create Japan's largest regional lender. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukuoka FG, Eighteenth look to create Japan's biggest regional bank

Photo taken Feb. 26, 2016, shows Fukuoka Financial Group Inc.'s head office in Fukuoka. The banking concern said the same day it has agreed to negotiate business integration with Nagasaki-based Eighteenth Bank, a move that would create Japan's largest regional lender. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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BOJ policymaker says prolonged market rout could weigh on confidence

Koji Ishida, a member of the Bank of Japan's Policy Board, speaks at a press conference in Fukuoka, western Japan, on Feb. 18, 2016. Ishida said the recent financial market rout could weigh on confidence in the corporate and household sectors if the instability drags on. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kitakyushu Bank opens

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - A signboard for the new Kitakyushu Bank is unveiled during a ceremony in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Oct. 3, 2011, as the regional bank, owned by Yamaguchi Financial Group Inc., started its operations the same day. It is the only regional bank with its head office in Kitakyshu. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo stock trading stops due to system glitch

A roadside financial data board in Osaka shows no stock prices on Oct. 1, 2020. The Tokyo Stock Exchange suspended all stock trading earlier in the day due to a computer glitch, resulting in the suspension of the Sapporo, Nagoya and Fukuoka markets which use the Tokyo bourse's system.

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Tokyo stock trading stops due to system glitch

A roadside financial data board in Osaka shows no stock prices on Oct. 1, 2020. The Tokyo Stock Exchange suspended all stock trading earlier in the day due to a computer glitch, resulting in the suspension of the Sapporo, Nagoya and Fukuoka markets which use the Tokyo bourse's system.

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Tokyo stock trading stops due to system glitch

A roadside financial data board in Osaka shows no stock prices on Oct. 1, 2020. The Tokyo Stock Exchange suspended all stock trading earlier in the day due to a computer glitch, resulting in the suspension of the Sapporo, Nagoya and Fukuoka markets which use the Tokyo bourse's system.

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Tokyo stock trading stops due to system glitch

A financial data board in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, shows no stock prices on Oct. 1, 2020. The Tokyo Stock Exchange suspended all stock trading earlier in the day due to a computer glitch, resulting in the suspension of the Sapporo, Nagoya and Fukuoka markets which use the Tokyo bourse's system.

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Tokyo stock trading stops due to system glitch

A financial data board in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, shows no stock prices on Oct. 1, 2020. The Tokyo Stock Exchange suspended all stock trading earlier in the day due to a computer glitch, resulting in the suspension of the Sapporo, Nagoya and Fukuoka markets which use the Tokyo bourse's system.

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Tokyo stock trading stops due to system glitch

A financial data board at the Nagoya Stock Exchange in central Japan shows no stock prices on Oct. 1, 2020. The Tokyo Stock Exchange suspended all stock trading earlier in the day due to a computer glitch, resulting in the suspension of the Sapporo, Nagoya and Fukuoka markets which use the Tokyo bourse's system.

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Tokyo stock trading stops due to system glitch

A financial data board at the Nagoya Stock Exchange in central Japan shows no stock prices on Oct. 1, 2020. The Tokyo Stock Exchange suspended all stock trading earlier in the day due to a computer glitch, resulting in the suspension of the Sapporo, Nagoya and Fukuoka markets which use the Tokyo bourse's system.

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Tokyo bourse suspends trading in all issues due to system glitch

A roadside financial data board in Osaka shows no stock prices on Oct. 1, 2020. The Tokyo Stock Exchange suspended all stock trading earlier in the day due to a computer glitch, resulting in the suspension of the Sapporo, Nagoya and Fukuoka markets which use the Tokyo bourse's system.

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Tokyo stock trading stops due to system glitch

A roadside financial data board in Osaka shows no stock prices on Oct. 1, 2020. The Tokyo Stock Exchange suspended all stock trading earlier in the day due to a computer glitch, resulting in the suspension of the Sapporo, Nagoya and Fukuoka markets which use the Tokyo bourse's system.

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Tokyo stock trading stops due to system glitch

A roadside financial data board in the central Japan city of Nagoya shows no stock prices on Oct. 1, 2020. The Tokyo Stock Exchange suspended all stock trading earlier in the day due to a computer glitch, resulting in the suspension of the Sapporo, Nagoya and Fukuoka markets which use the Tokyo bourse's system.

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Tokyo stock trading stops due to system glitch

A roadside financial data board in the central Japan city of Nagoya shows no stock prices on Oct. 1, 2020. The Tokyo Stock Exchange suspended all stock trading earlier in the day due to a computer glitch, resulting in the suspension of the Sapporo, Nagoya and Fukuoka markets which use the Tokyo bourse's system.

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Plan to make Fukuoka Japan's 3rd financial hub

Japanese economic revitalization minister Yasutoshi Nishimura speaks to the media after a meeting with Fukuoka Gov. Hiroshi Ogawa on Sept. 20, 2020, over the southwestern Japan prefecture's request for its designation as Japan's third financial hub after the Tokyo and Osaka areas.

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Nishi-Nippon Financial Holdings set up amid stiff local competition

A poster is seen on a street in Fukuoka on Oct. 3, 2016, showing the launch of Nishi-Nippon Financial Holdings Inc., one of the major regional banking groups in southwestern Japan established through the merger of Nishi-Nippon City Bank and the Bank of Nagasaki. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Daiei starts year-end sale to rebuild management

NARASHINO, Japan - Fukuoka Daiei Hawks manager Sadaharu Oh (2nd from R) and actress Hiroko Moriguchi (R) join Daiei Inc. President Kunio Takagi (2nd from L) in a ceremony to launch the struggling supermarket chain operator's crucial year-end sale at its Tsudanuma store, east of Tokyo, on Nov. 21. Daiei, which will receive financial support from its three major creditor banks and the government-backed Development Bank of Japan, aims to boost sales during the year's biggest sales event. (Kyodo)

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Ohori Park's homeless asked to stay away during G-7

FUKUOKA, Japan - A homeless man is seen in Ohori Park in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, where a dinner is planned for financial officials participating in the Group of Seven (G-7) meeting July 8. Prefectural authorities are asking homeless people living in the park to stay away while the G-7 officials are in town.

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Special bonus in greenbacks

Employees of Taiho supermarket in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, are all smiles after receiving Aug. 25 a fistful of U.S. dollars in a special August bonus. Taiho managers say they paid their 600 employees in dollars as part of the ''Big Bang'' financial deregulation in Japan. ==Kyodo