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Aug 7, 2008 Local News
Kagoshima Bank to Launch Agricultural Fund
The Kagoshima Bank of Kagoshima City will join with six local companies to launch the Agricluster Fund for companies in the agricultural sector in southern Kyushu this month. It wi...
Aug 7, 2008 Local News
Fuel Prices Put Kyushu Ferries in a Bind
The Kyushu Long-Distance Ferry Association reported the results of its survey of six companies with eight routes starting and ending in Kyushu for the ratio of fuel costs to operat...
Aug 7, 2008 Local News
Kyushu Capital Investment Down 1.7%
The Kyushu branch of the Development Bank of Japan revealed the results of its survey of trends for capital investment in the seven Kyushu prefectures in 2008. It found that compan...
Aug 7, 2008 Local News
FFG Creates Consulting Firm for Corporate Clients
Fukuoka Financial Group member Fukuoka Bank announced the formation of the FFG Business Consulting Co., which will specialize in providing consulting services to the corporate cust...
Aug 7, 2008 Local News
Saga Think Tank to Disband
The only think tank in Saga Prefecture, the Saga Economic Survey Association, announced it will disband next month. The association said that the number of requests for surveys has...
Jul 31, 2008 Local News
Fukuoka Children’s Hospital to Move to Artificial Island
Fukuoka City has decided to split the Infectious Diseases Department from the Fukuoka Children’s Hospital and Medical Center for Infectious Diseases and create a medical facility s...
Jul 31, 2008 Local News
Seven Kyushu Shinkin Banks in Red
The 29 Kyushu-based shinkin banks released their financial figures for the fiscal year ended March 2008 on the 25th, which showed that seven suffered a net loss for the year. This ...
Jul 31, 2008 Local News
Applications Being Received for Work-Life Balance Subsidies
The Fukuoka Labor Bureau is accepting applications from small and medium-sized companies in the prefecture for the “Workplace Awareness Improvement Subsidy” offered by the Ministry...
Jul 31, 2008 Local News
Karatsu Wants One Bento-Less Day a Week for Municipal Employees
In an effort to halt the trend toward hollowing out in the central part of the city, Karatsu in Saga Prefecture has issued a directive to employees working at the main municipal of...
Jul 31, 2008 Local News
Suzuyo to Launch Regional Airline
Suzuyo & Co., a logistics company based in Shizuoka City, announced it would launch Fuji Dream Airlines (FDA) next year in conjunction with the opening of the new Shizuoka Air...
