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Apr 2, 2009 Local News
Kyushu Electric Rates for May Cut by Record Amount
Kyushu Electric Power and Saibu Gas announced the rates they will charge for electricity and gas in May. Kyushu Electric will reduce the electricity bill for a standard home by 204...
Apr 2, 2009 Local News
Nishitetsu to Invest 31.9 Billion Yen in Operations
Nishi-Nippon Railroad (Nishitetsu) released its group business plan for FY 2009, which calls for an investment in operations of 31.9 billion yen. It will be the company’s second-la...
Apr 2, 2009 Local News
Nearly One Quarter of Regional Companies to Shun New Graduates
The Nishinippon Shimbun surveyed 116 of the primary companies in Kyushu and Yamaguchi Prefecture about their plans to hire new graduates for the spring 2010. A total of 27, or 23.2...
Apr 2, 2009 Local News
Showa Shell Mulls Purchase of Hitachi Miyazaki Plant
Showa Shell Sekiyu is considering a plan to purchase Hitachi’s plasma display factory in Miyazaki Prefecture with the intent of converting it to the production of solar cell panels...
Apr 2, 2009 Local News
Arita Kilns Cut Back on Hires
The Arita College of Ceramics in Saga Prefecture, which trains future ceramists to carry on the local tradition, revealed that only 15 of their 46 students who will graduate or com...
Apr 2, 2009 Local News
Kagoshima Bank to Focus on Agriculture and Health Care
The Kagoshima Bank of Kagoshima Prefecture released details of its mid-term plan implemented in April. The bank will focus its business on agriculture, southern Kyushu’s biggest in...
Apr 2, 2009 Local News
JR Kyushu, JR West Launch Sales of Passes
JR Kyushu and JR West started selling passes this month that allow for unlimited travel on all of the railway lines of both companies. It is the first time JR Kyushu will sell pass...
Apr 2, 2009 Local News
Japan’s First Female Bus Guide Dies in Beppu
Ayame Murakami, the first female bus guide in Japan, died of old age in Beppu, Oita Prefecture on March 30th. She was 98 years old. After graduating from high school in 1928, Ms. M...
Apr 2, 2009 Local News
Higashikokubaru Mulling Diet Run?
Popular Miyazaki Prefecture Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru, a former comedian, continued to fuel speculation that he may be considering a bid for a Diet seat in the lower house electio...
Apr 2, 2009 Local News
Insurance Premiums to Rise in Seven Regional Prefectures
The Japan Health Insurance Association, which handles the insurance for the employees of small and medium-sized businesses and their families, has formally set the insurance premiu...
