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Mar 24, 2011 Local News
JR Kyushu Projects Return to Profitability
JR Kyushu released its non-consolidated business plan for FY 2011 which projects a return to operating profit after last year’s loss. The basis for their optimism is the opening of...
Mar 24, 2011 Local News
Higashikokubaru to Run for Tokyo Metro District Governor
Former Miyazaki Prefecture Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru announced his candidacy for the Tokyo Metro District’s gubernatorial election at a news conference. He said the time had come ...
Mar 24, 2011 Local News
Plans Delayed for Kyushu Nuclear Power Plants
Kyushu Electric Power President Toshio Manabe said at a news conference that the company’s plans for expanding reactor #3 at the Sendai nuclear power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture ...
Mar 24, 2011 Local News
Kyushu Economic Outlook Better in the North than South
According to the January-March corporate economic forecast for northern Kyushu (Fukuoka, Nagasaki, Saga prefectures) compiled by the Fukuoka Local Finance Branch Bureau, the busine...
Mar 24, 2011 Local News
Fukuoka Bank Forms Ties with Large Thai Bank
The Fukuoka City-based Fukuoka Bank announced the formation of a business partnership with the Kasikorn Bank of Thailand, one of the largest in that country. The objective is to pr...
Mar 24, 2011 Local News
Huis ten Bosch to Accept Earthquake Victims
Nagasaki Prefecture resort Huis ten Bosch and 37 ryokan with hot springs will put up about 1,700 people in 538 families who lost their homes in the Tohoku earthquake, Gov. Hodo Nak...
Mar 24, 2011 Local News
Land Valuations Rise near Kyushu Shinkansen Stations
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport released its appraisals of land values as of January 1st, which show that land values near the new train stations in the primary...
Mar 24, 2011 Local News
Some Kyushu Factories at Full Production
Less than a week after the Tohoku earthquake, Kyushu plants in the pharmaceutical, food products, and energy sectors had increased production for two reasons. The first was to offs...
Mar 24, 2011 Local News
JR Kyushu Projects Return to Profitability
JR Kyushu released its non-consolidated business plan for FY 2011 which projects a return to operating profit after last year’s loss. The basis for their optimism is the opening of...
Mar 24, 2011 Local News
Higashikokubaru to Run for Tokyo Metro District Governor
Former Miyazaki Prefecture Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru announced his candidacy for the Tokyo Metro District’s gubernatorial election at a news conference. He said the time had come ...