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Jul 31, 2008 Local News
Kyushu Exports Account for 10% of National Total
Moji Customs has released trade statistics for the Kyushu economic sphere (Kyushu with Yamaguchi and Okinawa Prefectures) for the period from January through June this year. Total ...
Jul 31, 2008 Local News
Saibu Gas to Raise Prices
Fukuoka City-based Saibu Gas has decided to raise its rates due to climbing liquid natural gas prices. The formal decision is expected to be made in August and take effect sometime...
Jul 31, 2008 Local News
Hard Times for Kyushu Theme Parks
A Fukuoka City-based association for promoting Kyushu theme parks has compiled statistics for the number of visitors to the primary regional theme parks in FY 2007. The 12 member f...
Jul 31, 2008 Local News
Fukuoka Children’s Hospital to Move to Artificial Island
Fukuoka City has decided to split the Infectious Diseases Department from the Fukuoka Children’s Hospital and Medical Center for Infectious Diseases and create a medical facility s...
Jul 31, 2008 Local News
Seven Kyushu Shinkin Banks in Red
The 29 Kyushu-based shinkin banks released their financial figures for the fiscal year ended March 2008 on the 25th, which showed that seven suffered a net loss for the year. This ...
Jul 31, 2008 Local News
Applications Being Received for Work-Life Balance Subsidies
The Fukuoka Labor Bureau is accepting applications from small and medium-sized companies in the prefecture for the “Workplace Awareness Improvement Subsidy” offered by the Ministry...
Jul 31, 2008 Local News
Karatsu Wants One Bento-Less Day a Week for Municipal Employees
In an effort to halt the trend toward hollowing out in the central part of the city, Karatsu in Saga Prefecture has issued a directive to employees working at the main municipal of...
Jul 31, 2008 Local News
Suzuyo to Launch Regional Airline
Suzuyo & Co., a logistics company based in Shizuoka City, announced it would launch Fuji Dream Airlines (FDA) next year in conjunction with the opening of the new Shizuoka Air...
Jul 24, 2008 Local News
Fukuoka Venture Market Held This Week
Venture capital-backed companies from Fukuoka and other prefectures displayed their new products and technologies at the Fukuoka Venture Market in Fukuoka City on the 22nd and 23rd...
Jul 24, 2008 Local News
Salary Gap as High as 21 Times for Nagasaki Long-Term Care Facilities
A Nagasaki Prefecture government survey found that the salary differential for people working at private-sector long-term care or social welfare facilities was as high as 21 times ...