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Apr 9, 2010 Local News
Efforts Needed to Promote Private Sector Hiring of Foreign Students
The Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade, and Industry released a report on its survey of issues involving highly skilled foreign workers and students in Kyushu. More than half of the s...
Apr 9, 2010 Local News
Recruit Survey Finds Okinawans Most Closely Attached to Region
A national survey of men and women aged 20-60 of their feelings for their home regions by Recruit found that Okinawans had the strongest positive feelings for their prefecture in t...
Apr 9, 2010 Local News
JR Kyushu Establishes Agribusiness in Oita City
JR Kyushu has established the JR Kyushu Farm Oita agricultural company in Oita City for the cultivation of Chinese chive, known in Japanese as nira, in the area. One of the railroa...
Apr 9, 2010 Local News
Sales of Miyazaki’s Prime Mangoes Start
Sales have begun this year of the highest quality mangoes produced in Miyazaki Prefecture, known as Taiyo no Tamago, or Eggs of the Sun. Auctions started simultaneously at 22 marke...
Apr 9, 2010 Local News
China-Based Cruise Ships to Bring 2.9 Billion Yen in Economic Benefits
The first large cruise ship based in China has called on the Port of Hakata this year. The port expects 68 calls from cruise ships this year, 66 from China, which would make the po...
Apr 9, 2010 Local News
Kumamoto Company to Conduct Trials on Creating Biofuel from Bamboo
The Minamata Environmental Technocenter, a public-private partnership in Minamata, Kumamoto Prefecture, announced it will begin trials this year to distill the biofuel ethanol from...
Apr 9, 2010 Local News
Saibu Gas Boosts Capital Investment Second Straight Year
Fukuoka City-based utility Saibu Gas announced plans to invest 16.7 billion yen in plants and equipment in the combing fiscal year. This is a 22% increase over their total capital ...
Apr 9, 2010 Local News
Nishitetsu Rents Out Study Cubicles
The Nishi-Nippon Railroad (Nishitetsu) is offering rental study cubicles in an office building it owns in the Tenjin district of Fukuoka City. It has created 38 cubicles in a 125 s...
Apr 9, 2010 Local News
Kyushu Attracts Fewest New Plant Openings Ever
A nationwide survey of trends in the location of new plant openings by the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry for 2009 found that northern Kyushu (Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, an...
Apr 9, 2010 Local News
New Anti-Gang Law Goes into Effect in Fukuoka Prefecture
A new law has gone into effect in Fukuoka Prefecture that provides penalties for business enterprises that offer financial considerations to criminal gangs. It is the first prefect...