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Dec 26, 2008 Local News
Negative Growth Predicted for Kyushu in 2009
The Fukuoka City-based Kyushu Economic Research Center issued a forecast calling for -1.8 % real economic growth in the Kyushu-Okinawa region in FY 2009. The center also revised do...
Dec 26, 2008 Local News
Remaining Sleeper Express Trains to be Eliminated
JR Kyushu announced it will eliminate the remaining limited express sleeper trains it operates between the region and Tokyo next March. These are the Fuji, from Oita, and the Hayab...
Dec 26, 2008 Local News
Saibu Gas to Sell Power Fuel Cells
Fukuoka City-based Saibu Gas revealed it will begin sales next spring of a dispersed power system-type of power fuel cell for the home to be used as a supplementary power source fo...
Dec 26, 2008 Local News
Objections to Sexual Equality Law Hold Sway in Kumamoto City Council
Some members of the Kumamoto City Council objected to the language of a proposed bill for sexuality equality for participation in society, saying that it was “a denial of tradition...
Dec 26, 2008 Local News
JR Kyushu to Ban Smoking on All Limited Express Trains
In conjunction with its schedule revisions to take effect next March, JR Kyushu will ban smoking on all its special limited express trains. The railroad has retained smoking cars o...
Dec 26, 2008 Local News
Canon Nagasaki Postpones Start of Plant Construction
Canon subsidiary Canon Nagasaki held a press conference at the Nagasaki Prefectural offices to announce they have postponed plans to start construction on a digital camera plant in...
Dec 26, 2008 Local News
Six Universities Form Consortium
The University of Kitakyushu, Shimonoseki University, and four other universities in the Kanmon Strait area have formed University Consortium Kanmon for educational and regional ex...
Dec 26, 2008 Local News
Fukuoka Case Highlights Underground Market for Religious Corporations
Fukuoka Prefecture police continue to investigate the takeover of a Buddhist temple in Fukuoka City, which has exposed some of the underground transactions involving the purchase a...
Dec 26, 2008 Local News
Fukuoka Companies Report Excess Number of Employees
A survey conducted by the Fukuoka Prefecture Employers’ Association from mid-October to mid-November reveals that 34.2% of the 131 companies that responded say they have too many e...
Dec 26, 2008 Local News
One-Third of Primary Kyushu Companies to Cut Capital Investments
The Kyushu Branch of the Development Bank of Japan revealed the results of an emergency survey it conducted of 224 Kyushu companies. They report that 32% of the surveyed companies ...
