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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
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 ...
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...
