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Jan 7, 2010 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture to Close Seoul Office
Fukuoka Prefecture Gov. Wataru Aso said at his regularly scheduled news conference that the prefecture would close its office in Seoul at the end of March. In giving the reason for...
Jan 7, 2010 Local News
Fukuoka Airport Expansion Might Use American Military Space at Facility
American diplomatic sources confirmed that consideration is being given to an expansion plan to use the space at the airport now reserved for the American military and Japan’s Air ...
Jan 7, 2010 Local News
Toyota Kyushu to Make Irregular Workers Official Employees
Toyota Motors Kyushu will begin converting roughly 900 of their irregular workers to official employee status in stages starting in 2010. The company was criticized for their failu...
Jan 7, 2010 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture Third Nationwide in Mistreating Subcontractors
The National Association of Trade Promotion for Small and Medium Enterprises released a report on the number of complaints it received from SMBEs during the April-November period r...
Jan 7, 2010 Local News
Nagasaki City Withdraws from 2020 Olympic Sponsorship Bid
The Japan Olympic Committee ruled that it will not recognize any bids for joint sponsorship of the 2020 Summer Olympics, which the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have been planni...
Jan 7, 2010 Local News
Projections Call for 1.3% Growth in Kyushu Next Year
The Kyushu Economic Research Center released its projections for real economic growth in Kyushu and Okinawa and 2010, which call for positive growth of 1.3%. This would be the firs...
Jan 7, 2010 Local News
Artificially Raised Pen Shell Adductors Twice the Weight of Natural Ones
The Fisheries Research Agency confirmed that the weight of the edible adductor muscles of the artificially bred pen shells in Isahaya Bay is twice that of those which grow naturall...
Jan 7, 2010 Local News
JP Morgan Chase to Establish Presence in Fukuoka
JP Morgan Asset Management, an affiliate of JP Morgan Chase of the United States, one of the world’s largest financial services companies, will open a branch in Fukuoka City, perha...
Jan 7, 2010 Local News
Miyazaki City Has Never Used Expensive Dam Water
Miyazaki City contributed 5.2 billion yen (18%) to the construction costs of the Tashirobae Dam built in 2000 and operated by Miyazaki Prefecture. Yet, it has never withdrawn water...
Jan 7, 2010 Local News
Population Increase in Kitakyushu’s Kokurakita Ward
Kokurakita Ward is the central district of Kitakyushu, and in 2009, the population of that district rose for the first time in 27 years. The population of the ward stood at 228,000...