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Apr 3, 2008 Local News
90.7% of High School Graduating Class Find Work
The Saga Prefecture Labor Bureau reported that 90.7% of the job-seekers from this year’s high school graduating class have found jobs, the highest local rate in 10 years. This figu...
Apr 3, 2008 Local News
Nishi-Nippon City Bank Improves ATM Passbooks
The Fukuoka City-based Nishi-Nippon City Bank announced it will convert its passbooks to the new Haiko passbook with a magnetic strip on the rear read by ATM machines made from a s...
Apr 3, 2008 Local News
Plunge in Saga Prefecture’s Food Self-Sufficiency Rate
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries released figures for the food self-sufficiency rate for the 47 prefectures nationwide (converted to calories). These figures sh...
Apr 3, 2008 Local News
Starflyer to Operate Charter Flights between Kitakyushu and Seoul
The Kitakyushu-based airline Starflyer presented its business plan for the new fiscal year, which calls for the company to start operating charter flights between the new Kitakyush...
Apr 3, 2008 Local News
Gangs Excluded from Fukuoka Bidding
The Fukuoka Prefecture police and the Fukuoka City government have agreed that members of criminal gangs and affiliated companies will be excluded from the open competitive bidding...
Mar 31, 2008 Local News
Medical Mall to be Built in Ogi
Plans have been finalized to open this summer in Ogi, Saga Prefecture, a “medical mall” offering several different types of treatment. Mall Ogi, as it will be called, w...
Mar 31, 2008 Local News
Minamiaso Conducts Trial of Dual Mode Vehicle
The Minamiaso Railroad in Kumamoto Prefecture conducted a three-day trial with roughly 185 passengers of a dual mode vehicle, which both rides on tracks like a train and on the str...
Mar 31, 2008 Local News
Hawks in Dramatic Come-From-Behind Win in Opener
The Fukuoka Softbank Daiei Hawks hosted the Rakuten Golden Eagles in the Yahoo! Dome in Fukuoka City to start their 2008 season. The Hawks were down by two runs going into the bott...
Mar 31, 2008 Local News
Trials of East Asian Transportation Smart Card to Begin
The Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport announced it will begin trial use in the new fiscal year of a smart card for use as a common railway ticket in Asia. Th...
Mar 31, 2008 Local News
Starflyer Forms Business Agreement with Fukuyama Transporting
Kitakyushu-based airline Starflyer formally announced a business arrangement for air freight transport with Fukuyama Transporting Co. of Hiroshima Prefecture. They will start shipp...
