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Jun 5, 2008 Local News
Traffic Fatalities Down in All Kyushu Prefectures
The number of fatalities from traffic accidents in all Kyushu prefectures in 2007 declined from year-before totals. The total of 199 fatalities in Fukuoka Prefecture was the lowest...
Jun 5, 2008 Local News
Electrical Equipment Manufacturers Leaving Kyushu
The Nishinippon Shimbun reports that large electrical machinery and semiconductor manufacturers are selling off and leaving their production plants in Kyushu. There is an industry-...
Jun 5, 2008 Local News
Oita Prefecture Regional JA Created
A total of 16 of the 23 Japan Agricultural Cooperative Associations (JA) in Oita Prefecture merged to create JA Oita on the 1st. This regional association will cover most of the pr...
Jun 5, 2008 Local News
Low Expectations for Bonuses
The Fukuoka City-based Nishi-Nippon City Bank announced the results of a survey of 480 housewives in Fukuoka Prefecture regarding summer bonuses. A total of 18.4% of the respondent...
Jun 5, 2008 Local News
Nagasaki Student NGO Soliciting Food Relief for African Nation
BOAT, an NGO created by students in Nagasaki Prefecture, is soliciting donors to provide meal money for children in the Central African Republic. The poverty-stricken country has b...
Jun 5, 2008 Local News
Number of Kitakyushu Districts with High Elderly Population Rising
A survey by the University of Kitakyushu found that as of the end of March this year, a total of 20.6% of the city’s districts at the machi or o-aza level had populations in which ...
Jun 5, 2008 Local News
Satsumaimo Leaves and Stems Baked into New Cake
Festivalo, a company producing and selling Western-style confections in Kanyoa, Kagoshima Prefecture, has developed a cake whose ingredients include the edible leaves and stems of ...
Jun 5, 2008 Local News
Traffic Fatalities Down in All Kyushu Prefectures
The number of fatalities from traffic accidents in all Kyushu prefectures in 2007 declined from year-before totals. The total of 199 fatalities in Fukuoka Prefecture was the lowest...
Jun 5, 2008 Local News
Electrical Equipment Manufacturers Leaving Kyushu
The Nishinippon Shimbun reports that large electrical machinery and semiconductor manufacturers are selling off and leaving their production plants in Kyushu. There is an industry-...
Jun 5, 2008 Local News
Oita Prefecture Regional JA Created
A total of 16 of the 23 Japan Agricultural Cooperative Associations (JA) in Oita Prefecture merged to create JA Oita on the 1st. This regional association will cover most of the pr...
