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Apr 14, 2011 Local News
Sharp Reduction in Public Works Funds to Kyushu
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport announced that 708.6 billion yen was budgeted for public works projects in Kyushu this fiscal year, a 22.5% reduction from the p...
Apr 14, 2011 Local News
Eishinkan Revenue Leader for Kyushu Juku and Prep Schools
The Fukuoka Branch of Teikoku Data Bank released its revenue rankings for Kyushu/Okinawa juku and prep schools in 2009. The survey showed the leader by far was Fukuoka City-based E...
Apr 14, 2011 Local News
Direct Shinkansen Service between Kagoshima and Osaka Has Benefit
JR West President Takayuki Sasaki revealed that the ridership on the direct service between Kagoshima and Osaka is 23 percentage points higher than the other services on the Sanyo ...
Apr 14, 2011 Local News
Nishi-Nippon City Bank to Cut Branches and Staff
The Nishi-Nippon City Bank unveiled its new three-year business plan to take effect this year, called New Stage 2011. One part of the plan calls for a greater-than-10% cut in both ...
Apr 14, 2011 Local News
Toyota Kyushu Production Down Nearly 20% Last Year
The number of units produced last year at Toyota Motors Kyushu in Miyawaka, Fukuoka Prefecture, totaled roughly 270,900 units, a year-on-year decline of 19.8%, it was learned. This...
Apr 14, 2011 Local News
Use of Internet Supermarkets Growing in Kyushu
The use of the Internet for supermarket shopping, with the purchases delivered to the home, is growing in Kyushu, according to a report in the Nishinippon Shimbun. The amount of mo...
Apr 14, 2011 Local News
Greater Turnout than Expected at JR Hakata City
The operators of JR Hakata City, the new station building, and Kohei Yanagizawa, president of the core tenant Hakata Hankyu, held a press conference to discuss business trends one ...
Apr 14, 2011 Local News
Starflyer Suspends 212 Kitakyushu-Haneda Flights
Starflyer Airlines of Kitakyushu began a suspension on the 11th of 212 flights between Kitakyushu Airport and Haneda in Tokyo to repair an A320 Airbus damaged in a collision with a...
Apr 14, 2011 Local News
Kyushu Shinkansen to Install Anti-Roll Devices
In light of the effects of the Tohoku earthquake, JR Kyushu announced that beginning this year, it would install devices on their Shinkansen tracks to prevent the trains from rolli...
Apr 7, 2011 Local News
Fukuoka Team Runner-Up in High School Baseball Tournament
Tokaidai Sagami of Kanagawa used home runs and strong pitching to defeat Kyushu Kokusaidai Fuzoku of Fukuoka 6-1 in the final of the National High School Invitational baseball tour...