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Sep 16, 2010 Local News
Female Preference to Remain Housewives Rises in Saga Prefecture
Saga Prefecture recently conducted a survey among its residents about the ideal roles of men and women in society. Those who agreed with a clear division of roles, with the men wor...
Sep 16, 2010 Local News
Kyushu Lay Judges Convict 109 in 93 Cases in First Year
In the one year since citizens began serving as lay judges in criminal cases in Kyushu, the panels have rendered judgments against 109 defendants in 93 cases. All the defendants we...
Sep 16, 2010 Local News
Estimates of New Hakata Station Building Annual Sales Revised Downward
The Development Bank of Japan has revised downwards its estimates for the annual sales of commercial establishments in JR Hakata City, the new building at JR Hakata Station due to ...
Sep 16, 2010 Local News
Regional Council to Work Together on Environmental Issues
Yellow Sea Rim Economic and Technology and Exchange Council, which works to create sustainable economic exchange between Kyushu, China, and South Korea, will meet next month for th...
Sep 16, 2010 Local News
Lowest Kyushu Salaries Climb by 12-13 Yen
Prefectural government surveys in all seven of the Kyushu prefectures show that the lowest hourly wages in the region have risen to roughly 642-692 yen. This is a 12-13 yen year-on...
Sep 9, 2010 Local News
JCB Call Center to Open in Fukuoka City
Major credit card company JCB announced plans to open a call center this December in an office building in Chuo Ward, Fukuoka City. The operation of the center will be outsourced t...
Sep 9, 2010 Local News
Kyushu Guidebook for Chinese and Korean Tourists to be Published
Tokyo Chizu Publishing and the Nishinippon Shimbun Co. will publish in November a guidebook for tourists called Chinyu Kyushu. Its primary target is the rapidly growing number of C...
Sep 9, 2010 Local News
Survey of Student Salary Preferences Conducted
The Kyushu Economic Research Center conducted a survey of job-hunting students in Kyushu and found that the students would want 50,000 additional yen in starting salary per month t...
Sep 9, 2010 Local News
Kitakyushu to Promote Eco-Study Tours
Kitakyushu, designated a model environmental city by the national government, will work with travel agencies to encourage eco-study tours for Japanese students of Eco-Town and othe...
Sep 9, 2010 Local News
Sony Subsidiary to Invest JPY 40 Billion in Kumamoto Plant
Fukuoka City-based Sony Semiconductor Kyushu, a Sony subsidiary, announced it will invest roughly 40 billion yen from 2010 to 2011 in its Kumamoto Technology Center. This will boos...