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Dec 22, 2011 Local News
Approval Nearing for Construction Work on Shinkansen
The ruling Democratic Party of Japan will ask the Cabinet to approve construction on three sections of the Shinkansen, one of which is the western leg of the Kyushu Shinkansen from...
Dec 22, 2011 Local News
Shinkansen Provides 26.3 Billion Yen in Economic Windfall to Kagoshima
The Kagoshima Regional Economic Research Institute released the results of their study showing that the opening of the Kyushu Shinkansen this year has resulted in an economic benef...
Dec 22, 2011 Local News
Plenus Tops Food Service Industry for Eighth Strait Year
The Fukuoka branch of Teikoku Databank released its ranking of Kyushu/Okinawa companies in the food service industry by sales. The leading company for the eighth straight year was ...
Dec 22, 2011 Local News
Few Companies Hiring Foreign Students
The Fukuoka Employers’ Association released the results of its questionnaire survey on the hiring practices of local companies, in which only 12% of the respondents said they made ...
Dec 22, 2011 Local News
Shortage of Prison Doctors in Kyushu
Research by the Nishinippon Shimbun reveals that five of Kyushu’s 11 prisons and detention centers lack a sufficient number of doctors for the number of inmates. The prisons in Isa...
Dec 15, 2011 Local News
Old Kyoto U. Geothermal Institute Headed for Cultural Property Recognition
The main building of the former Kyoto University Institute for Geothermal Sciences, built in Minamiaso-mura, Kumamoto Prefecture, in 1929, has been recommended to the Education Min...
Dec 15, 2011 Local News
New Plant for Iizuka
Aichi-based auto parts maker Taisei Plas has decided to build a new plant in the city of Iizuka, Fukuoka Prefecture, and signed an agreement to that effect with city officials. The...
Dec 15, 2011 Local News
Oita the Leader in Natural Energy Self-Sufficiency Ranking
The Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies and Chiba University ranked again this year the nation’s prefectures by the self-sufficiency rate of natural energy and heating supply...
Dec 15, 2011 Local News
Auto Parts Companies Work together on PR and R&D
The presidents of five regional auto parts manufacturers and representatives from local universities held a conference in Fukuoka City to promote industry-academia ties and publici...
Dec 15, 2011 Local News
Yamaguchi Aburaya Fukutaro to Open Onsen Complex
Mentaiko manufacturing and sales company Yamaguchi Aburaya Fukutaro announced they will open a public bath/lodging/eating place complex in Sasaguri-machi, Fukuoka Prefecture, by th...