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Aug 7, 2015 Local News
Summer Work Hours for Government Employees Not Catching On
On Aug. 3 the prefectural offices in Fukuoka and Miyazaki began allowing employees to start and finish work 30 minutes early. Many government offices in Kyushu have been adopting t...
Aug 7, 2015 Local News
Local IT Company Aims to Become LGBT-Friendly
Fukuoka-based IT consulting company Pencil adopted a new benefit scheme that will provide monetary gifts to employees who marry their same-sex partners. Pencil also enacted a new c...
Aug 4, 2015 Local News
Tokyo Girls Collection Coming to Kitakyushu
The organizing committee for the Tokyo Girls Collection (TGC), one of Japan’s major fashion shows, has announced its next show will be held in Kitakyushu on Oct. 17. At a press con...
Aug 3, 2015 Local News
Nishitetsu Unveils New Yanagawa Tourist Train
On July 30, Nishinippon Railroad Co. unveiled the design for Mito, the new Yanagawa sightseeing train that will begin running on the Tenjin-Omuta line on Oct. 4.Each of the six car...
Aug 3, 2015 Local News
Foreign Companies on the Rise in Greater Kyushu Region
According to the results of a survey released by the Kyushu Economic Research Center (KERC), the number of foreign companies with offices in the nine prefectures of the Kyushu-Yama...
Aug 3, 2015 Local News
16 Yen Wage Hike Called for Kyushu and Okinawa
An advisory council of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare released a set of guidelines calling for a 18-yen hike in the average national minimum wage to ¥798. If the new wa...
Jul 31, 2015 Local News
Nishijin Landmark Praliva to Close
On July 31, Nishijin Mall Praliva (Sawara Ward) will close its doors after 34 years. Originally opened as the Nishijin Iwataya in 1981, the building will be torn down to make way f...
Jul 31, 2015 Local News
Next Generation Takes Helm of Fukuoka Jisho
Senior Vice President of Fukuoka-based real estate developer Fukuoka Jisho Ichiro Enomoto has been named the company’s next president. By choosing the 40-year-old Enomoto, eldest s...
Jul 31, 2015 Local News
Itoshima Passion Fruits Selected for New JR Train
Itoshima passion fruits have been selected for use on Aru Ressha, JR Kyushu’s food-themed luxury train that will begin operating on August 8. Yuki Narisawa, the owner of a high-end...
Jul 31, 2015 Local News
Fukuoka Aiming to Develop “Sand-Free” Clams
Aiming to create a new local brand of “sand-free” clams in Fukuoka, a full-cycle clam aquaculture trial was launched inside an intermediary breeding facility located at the Shikano...