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Jan 6, 2011 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture to Support Employment for Over-70s
Fukuoka Prefecture will establish in the fall of 2011 a center assisting people 70 years old and older to find and maintain employment. The center will match skilled elderly worker...
Jan 6, 2011 Local News
Kono Elected Miyazaki Governor
Former Vice-Governor and political independent Shuji Kono was elected governor of Miyazaki Prefecture in the election of the 26th. He replaces Hideo Higashikokubaru, a former show ...
Jan 6, 2011 Local News
Milk Shochu Hits Market
Fukuoka City-based milk products company Itoshima Miruku Puranto has begun sales of a shochu made with milk and Itoshima-grown rice, calling it Gyunyu Shochu, Ito Monogatari. The c...
Jan 6, 2011 Local News
China Demands Payment of Penalty from Yamaguchi Bank
Shimonoseki-based Yamaguchi Bank revealed that Chinese authorities are seeking a payment of the equivalent of 1.3 million yen in penalties from the bank for failing to report the r...
Jan 6, 2011 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture to Support Employment for Over-70s
Fukuoka Prefecture will establish in the fall of 2011 a center assisting people 70 years old and older to find and maintain employment. The center will match skilled elderly worker...
Jan 6, 2011 Local News
Kono Elected Miyazaki Governor
Former Vice-Governor and political independent Shuji Kono was elected governor of Miyazaki Prefecture in the election of the 26th. He replaces Hideo Higashikokubaru, a former show ...
Jan 6, 2011 Local News
1.5% Economic Growth Predicted for Kyushu
The Kyushu Economic Research Center released its economic forecast for FY 2011 for Kyushu and Okinawa Prefecture, which calls for real growth of roughly 1.5%, absent the effect of ...
Jan 6, 2011 Local News
Locally Made Bamboo Wheelchairs for Airport Use Developed
Furniture maker Sansouing of Oita Prefecture teamed with Japan Airlines and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology to create a bamboo wheelchair for u...
Jan 6, 2011 Local News
Kumamoto Prefecture, City, and University to Open Office in Shanghai
Kumamoto Prefecture, Kumamoto City, and Kumamoto University will cooperate to open a joint office in Shanghai, China next fall, it was learned. The three entities hope to attract t...
Jan 6, 2011 Local News
New Development of Cancer Stem Cell Treatment
Dr. Keiichi Nakayama and a team of researchers at Kyushu University’s Medical Institute of Bioregulation have found that a certain protein will change the state of cancer stem cell...