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Feb 1, 2023 Local News
Survey Shows 42 Major Companies in Favor of Spring Wage Hike
Kyushu's leading companies' executives discussed wage hikes amid rising prices. Kyushu Electric Power Co's president, Kazuhiro Ikebe, declined to make a clear statement but express...
Feb 1, 2023 Local News
Star Flyer Reports First Profit in Three Years
Kitakyushu-based airline, Star Flyer, announced its non-consolidated financial results for the April-December period. The company recorded a loss of JPY 800 million, a significant ...
Feb 1, 2023 Local News
Tour de Kyushu 2023 Rebranded as “Mynavi Tour de Kyushu 2023”
On January 27th, a press conference was held at a hotel in Fukuoka Prefecture to announce the international bicycle competition, "Tour de Kyushu 2023." The event's name has been ch...
Jan 31, 2023 Local News
Former Children’s Hospital Site Redeveloped into Hospital and Condos
The operator of the redevelopment of the former site of the relocated Children's Hospital (Chuo Ward, Fukuoka City) has been selected. The site will be transformed into a space cen...
Jan 31, 2023 Local News
Makoto Ayukawa, Guitarist of Sheena & The Rokkets, Passes Away at 74
Makoto Ayukawa, the guitarist of the popular rock band Sheena & The Rokkets, passed away on the 29th due to pancreatic cancer. He was 74 years old. Makoto Ayukawa, a native of Fuku...
Jan 27, 2023 Local News
Zero Ten Entertainment Complex Ready for Tourists and MICE
An opening event for 010 BUILDING (Zero Ten Building), an entertainment and food complex, was held along the Naka River that runs through the center of Fukuoka City yesterday. Loca...
Jan 27, 2023 Local News
Nagasaki Premium Citrus Fetching ¥3,000 Per Piece
A fruit called "Setoka," grown in Minamishimabara City, Nagasaki Prefecture is known for its rich sweetness and juicy pulp and is becoming increasingly popular in Japan. Farmers in...
Jan 27, 2023 Local News
JR Kyushu To Hire 200 in FY2024
JR Kyushu has announced that it plans to hire approximately 200 new employees in the spring of 2024, about as many as before the pandemic and 120 more than the previous year...
Jan 27, 2023 Local News
JR Kyushu Cautious On Pay Raises
While there is much talk of raising wages in response to record-high prices, JR Kyushu expressed caution about raising wages significantly at this stage, saying that the effects of...
Jan 27, 2023 Local News
Local Buses in Saga Prefecture Free of Charge Twice a Week
Saga Prefecture has a high rate of automobile use, and the number of people who use public transportation is much lower than in Tokyo or Fukuoka. To promote a "walking lifestyle," ...
