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Jun 9, 2011 Local News
Arao Race Course Earns First Profit in 13 Years
Arao Race Track in Kumamoto Prefecture, which has cumulative debts of about 1.4 billion yen, announced it had earned about 43 million yen in FY 2010. That’s the first profitable ye...
Jun 9, 2011 Local News
JR Kyushu to Grow Amanatsu
JR Kyushu Farm Oita announced it will start cultivating in July the amanatsu, a hybrid citrus fruit, to follow up its successful cultivation of nira, or Chinese chives, in Oita Pre...
Jun 9, 2011 Local News
Mitsubishi Materials to Use Incinerated Ash for Cement
Mitsubishi Materials announced it would build a facility for converting incinerated ash from local government’s waste treatment facilities into material for cement at its Kitakyush...
Jun 9, 2011 Local News
Best Denki Creates Insurance Company
Fukuoka City-based consumer electronics mass merchandiser Best Denki announced it had created the Best Financial insurance agency as a consolidated subsidiary. The business will be...
Jun 9, 2011 Local News
Genkai-cho Nuclear Power Plant Safe in 8.1 Earthquake
Kyushu Electric Power released the results of their simulation of an 8.1 magnitude earthquake near the Genkai-cho nuclear power plant in Saga Prefecture. A tsunami could be anywher...
Jun 9, 2011 Local News
Nishitetsu Says Power Savings Mean Service Reductions
The Nishi-Nippon Railway Co. (Nishitetsu) said their trial calculations indicate it is highly likely they will have to cut back on train service if the electricity reduction contem...
Jun 9, 2011 Local News
Kyushu Automakers to Switch Off-Days
The automobile manufacturers based in Kyushu revealed that they would change their work schedule to operate their plants on Saturdays and Sundays, while giving their workers Thursd...
Jun 9, 2011 Local News
Fukuoka’s Four Private Sector Broadcasters Boost Revenue and Earnings
The five private sector broadcasting companies in Fukuoka City released their financial results, which show that four of the five companies posted increased revenue and earnings. T...
Jun 9, 2011 Local News
Octopus Fishing Limited in Kammon Strait
Fishery bodies in the Buzen and Chikuzen districts of Fukuoka Prefecture have prohibited the fishing of octopus less than 400 grams in a 20-kilometer stretch along the Kitakyushu c...
Jun 2, 2011 Local News
Ringer Hut Training Part-Time Foreign Workers
Fukuoka City-based Nagasaki champon restaurant chain Ringer Hut has begun training part-time foreign workers, primarily those at Fukuoka Prefecture shops, at its headquarters. Ther...