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Aug 7, 2008 Local News
FFG Creates Consulting Firm for Corporate Clients
Fukuoka Financial Group member Fukuoka Bank announced the formation of the FFG Business Consulting Co., which will specialize in providing consulting services to the corporate cust...
Aug 7, 2008 Local News
Saga Think Tank to Disband
The only think tank in Saga Prefecture, the Saga Economic Survey Association, announced it will disband next month. The association said that the number of requests for surveys has...
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 31, 2008 Local News
Outlook Bleak for Saga Airport Profitability
July 28 was the 10th anniversary of the Saga Airport, yet the outlook for the airport turning a profit is bleak. In FY 2007, the airport had roughly 280,000 users on three daily ro...
Jul 31, 2008 Local News
Tagawa Teams With Kushiro Museum to Present Coal Culture
Tagawa in Fukuoka Prefecture, formerly a major coal producing area, has teamed with scholars from the municipal museum in Kushiro, Hokkaido, to create regional development schemes ...
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 ...
