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Jan 20, 2011 Local News
Nishihira Unseats Akune Mayor
The election for mayor in the small city of Akune, Kagoshima Prefecture received national attention when Mayor Shin’ichi Takehara ignored City Council, ruled by executive decree, a...
Jan 20, 2011 Local News
Kyushu National Museum Holds First Overseas Exhibit in Thailand
The Kyushu National Museum opened its first overseas exhibit on the 14th with a show at the National Museum Bangkok in Thailand called “Artisanship and Aesthetics of Two Countries ...
Jan 20, 2011 Local News
Kyushu Auto Companies Back to Million-Unit Production
The aggregate production in Kyushu by the four auto companies with plants in the region in 2010 totaled 1.133 million units. This was a 32% increase from the year-before period and...
Jan 20, 2011 Local News
Fukuoka City to Sponsor Educational Homestays with Busan, South Korea
Fukuoka City is sponsoring 10 first-year junior high school students from Busan, South Korea, for a local homestay for six days from the 17th to provide them with an understanding ...
Jan 20, 2011 Local News
Miyazaki Mulling Lottery to Raise Money
Local governments in Miyazaki Prefecture are facing the task of raising money to provide relief after the devastation caused by last year’s foot-and-mouth epidemic, and some are co...
Jan 20, 2011 Local News
Nishinippon Sports Shimbun Publishes 20,000th Edition
The Nishinippon Sports Shimbun, commonly referred to as Nishi Supo, published its 20,00th edition on Saturday the 15th. The publication was launched on February 21, 1955. It featur...
Jan 20, 2011 Local News
Guides to Getting Started in Business Published in Each Kyushu Prefecture
The Japan Finance Corporation has published guidebooks for starting up businesses in each of the seven Kyushu prefectures. They describe the required procedures and the assistance ...
Jan 20, 2011 Local News
South Korean Baseball Teams Shifts Camp from Miyazaki to Beppu
The Dusan Bears of South Korean professional baseball began conducting a training camp in Beppu, Oita Prefecture, from the 17th that will end on the 24th. The Bears had originally ...
Jan 20, 2011 Local News
Program Promoting Hiring of Ex-Cons Stumbling
A government program to provide financial encouragement to companies to temporarily hire people who have been released from prison has had little success, a trend that is particula...
Jan 20, 2011 Local News
Regional Bankruptcies Hit 37-Year Low
The Fukuoka branch of Tokyo Shokoh Research reported that the number of bankruptcies in the Kyushu-Okinawa region with liabilities of at least 10 million yen plunged to 857, a 23.1...