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Mar 12, 2009 Local News
Kuｍamoto to Provide Assistance for Welfare Recipients
Kumamoto Prefecture has established a system in which it will lend 38,000 yen per month interest free to university students from families receiving welfare benefits. The system, w...
Mar 12, 2009 Local News
Saga Airport Leads Nation in Bird Strikes
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport released statistics for the bird strike ratio for Japanese airports. The ratio is based on the number of strikes per 10,000 take...
Mar 12, 2009 Local News
First Decline in Regional Bankruptcies in 14 Months
The Fukuoka branch of credit rating company Tokyo Shoko Research released statistics for bankruptcies of companies exceeding 10 million yen in the Kyushu-Okinawa region in February...
Mar 12, 2009 Local News
NEC to Close Kagoshima Facility
NEC subsidiary NEC LCD Technologies announced they will close their Kagoshima Prefecture plant by the end of the year. With the sharp downturn in demand for industrial-use LCD disp...
Mar 6, 2009 Local News
Nissan Kyushu to Limit Production Cutbacks
Nissan Kyushu that it would reduce the planned production cutbacks at its plant in Kanda-machi, Fukuoka Prefecture, because it had completed its inventory drawdown. The plant was i...
Mar 6, 2009 Local News
Kyushu Exports Plunge 45.3% in January
Moji Customs reports that exports from the Kyushu region (Kyushu and Yamaguchi and Okinawa prefectures) for the month of January plummeted 45.3% in value terms from the year-before...
Mar 6, 2009 Local News
Videophone Interpretation Service Starts in Three Fukuoka Facilities
Three Fukuoka City facilities, including the Canal City Hakata commercial complex, are now offering interpretation services using videophones. The service offers interpretation in ...
Mar 6, 2009 Local News
Fukuoka Chamber of Commerce Soliciting Other Sectors for Members
With membership in local chapters declining due to bankruptcies, closures, and mergers resulting from the economic downturn, the Fukuoka Chamber of Commerce and Industry is looking...
Mar 6, 2009 Local News
Kyushu Organization Signs Memo of Understanding for Vietnamese Economic Ties
The Organization for the Promotion of the Internationalization of the Kyushu Economy, consisting of Kyushu economic organizations and local governments, signed a memorandum of unde...
Mar 6, 2009 Local News
Kyushu Economic White Paper: Regional Strength the Key
The Kyushu Economic Research Center released its Kyushu Economic White Paper 2009, titled The Global Economic Downturn and Regional Companies. It describes the poor performance of ...
