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Feb 25, 2010 Local News
Saibu Gas to Build LNG Complex in Kitakyushu’s Hibikinada
Fukuoka City-based Saibu gas formally announced it would build a liquid natural gas complex in the Hibikinada district of Kitakyushu. It will rent 250,000 square meters of ground, ...
Feb 25, 2010 Local News
Miyazaki Prefecture to Open Antenna Shop in Tenjin
Miyazaki Prefecture announced plans to open an antenna shop in the Tenjin district of Fukuoka City in late April. It will be the prefecture’s fourth shop in the country, after Toky...
Feb 25, 2010 Local News
Kyushu Electric, Saibu Gas Labor Unions Forego Salary Hike
The labor union of Kyushu Electric Power has asked the company in this year’s wage negotiations to maintain the current wage increase structure and the average annual bonuses of 1....
Feb 25, 2010 Local News
Kyushu U. to Open Asia’s First Industrial Mathematics Research Institute
Kyushu University has decided to open in the spring of 2011 a research institute for industrial mathematics, a field using mathematics to develop new technologies for resolving soc...
Feb 25, 2010 Local News
Kumamoto to Ban Advertising on Shinkansen Route
Kumamoto City and Kumamoto Prefecture have announced a policy of implementing a general ban on billboard advertising along the route of the Kyushu Shinkansen, on which full service...
Feb 25, 2010 Local News
Nissan Kyushu Asks Subcontractors to Cut Costs by 20%-30%
Officials at the Nissan Kyushu plant in Fukuoka Prefecture have asked its primary parts subcontractors to reduce parts manufacturing costs by 20%-30% by 2013. Nissan thinks it must...
Feb 25, 2010 Local News
Kumamoto’s Itsuki-mura Likely to Adopt Performance-Based Salary System for Councilors
The members of the municipal council of Itsuki-mura, Kumamoto Prefecture, have agreed in principle on a plan to base their salaries on an evaluation of their performance. The resid...
Feb 25, 2010 Local News
Fukuoka Parco to Have 154 Shops
Tokyo-based Parco, which will open a commercial complex in Fukuoka City’s Tenjin district on March 19, announced their tenant lineup. Including a directly operated outlet that will...
Feb 25, 2010 Local News
Kyushu Economic White Paper Notes Shift in Consumption Patterns and Business Structures
The Kyushu Economic Research Center released its Kyushu economic white paper for 2010, called Changing Consumption and Retail Innovation. It describes the changes in consumption ac...
Feb 25, 2010 Local News
Nishi-Nippon City Bank to Offer Student Loans
Fukuoka City-based Nishi-Nippon City Bank became the first bank in the country to offer student loans when it introduced a special program on the 22nd for those aged 18-30 to help ...