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Mar 25, 2010 Local News
Survey Shows 20% of Local Companies to Limit Hiring
The Nishinippon Shimbun conducted a questionnaire survey of the 120 primary companies in Kyushu regarding their intent for hiring new graduates in the spring of 2011. Those who ans...
Mar 25, 2010 Local News
Regional Department Store Sales Declines Most Prolonged Ever
The Kyushu Department Store Association announced sales results for the 26 department stores operated by 17 companies in Kyushu and Okinawa for February. Sales revenue fell 3.2% fr...
Mar 25, 2010 Local News
Kyushu Shinkansen Rails Completely Connected
The work for laying the rails for the part of the Shinkansen line running from Hakata to Yatsushiro in Kumamoto Prefecture has been completed, and a ceremony commemorating that lin...
Mar 25, 2010 Local News
Kyushu Shinkansen Rails Completely Connected
The work for laying the rails for the part of the Shinkansen line running from Hakata to Yatsushiro in Kumamoto Prefecture has been completed, and a ceremony commemorating that lin...
Mar 25, 2010 Local News
Record High Capital Investments for JR Kyushu
JR Kyushu announced on the 19th the projects it has planned on a non-consolidated basis for FY 2010. The company plans to invest 75.6 billion yen in plants and equipment, its highe...
Mar 25, 2010 Local News
Mitsui High-tec Posts Consolidated Net Loss of 4.966 Billion Yen
Kitakyushu-based Mitsui High-tec released its consolidated results for the year ended January 2010, showing a current loss of 4.032 billion yen and a net loss of 4.966 billion yen ...
Mar 25, 2010 Local News
Starflyer to Act as Agent for South Korea’s Jeju Air
Kitakyushu-based Starflyer airlines has agreed to act as the business agent for South Korea’s Jeju Air in Fukuoka, Oita, and Yamaguchi prefectures, it was learned. Their work will ...
Mar 25, 2010 Local News
Hawks Win Season Debut
The Fukuoka Softbank Hawks kicked off the pro baseball season on the 20th by taking on the Nippon Ham Fighters, the reigning Pacific League champions, in Sapporo. The Hawks prevail...
Mar 25, 2010 Local News
Island City Condo Wins International Award
The condominium developed by Fukuoka City-based Shinei Jutaku on Island City, the artificial island in Higashi Ward, has won the grand prize for outstanding concrete structures pre...
Mar 25, 2010 Local News
JR Kyushu to Open Shanghai Office
JR Kyushu announced it will open an office in Shanghai, China, on April 1 with the intention of exploring the potential of establishing a presence in the local food service industr...