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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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Bank of Japan to close Kitakyushu, Otaru branches

TOKYO, Japan - Photo, taken Oct. 4, shows the Bank of Japan's Kitakyushu branch in Fukuoka Prefecture, which the central bank plans to close along with its Otaru branch in Hokkaido as part of government efforts to streamline the bank's operations. The proposed closures, earmarked for 2001, are the first since the central bank was founded in 1882, and will reduce the number of BOJ main branches in Japan to 31.

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Man speaks about hardships after being wrongly detained

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - A 51-year-old man speaks to reporters April 21 at a welfare center in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture in western Japan, after prosecutors apologized for wrongly accusing him of stealing 500,000 yen from a bank account and keeping him in detention for more than a year. Prosecutors asked the Matsuyama District Court to acquit the man now that authorities have found another suspect in the case.

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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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Bank of Japan to close Kitakyushu, Otaru branches

TOKYO, Japan - Photo, taken Oct. 4, shows the Bank of Japan's Kitakyushu branch in Fukuoka Prefecture, which the central bank plans to close along with its Otaru branch in Hokkaido as part of government efforts to streamline the bank's operations. The proposed closures, earmarked for 2001, are the first since the central bank was founded in 1882, and will reduce the number of BOJ main branches in Japan to 31.

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Man speaks about hardships after being wrongly detained

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - A 51-year-old man speaks to reporters April 21 at a welfare center in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture in western Japan, after prosecutors apologized for wrongly accusing him of stealing 500,000 yen from a bank account and keeping him in detention for more than a year. Prosecutors asked the Matsuyama District Court to acquit the man now that authorities have found another suspect in the case.