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Aug 6, 2009 Local News
Kyushu Making No Headway in Removing Landslide Threat
Eight years ago, the national government specified about 100,000 locations in the seven Kyushu prefectures where there was a danger of landslide damage, and recommended that work b...
Aug 6, 2009 Local News
Fukuoka Airport’s Losses Worst in Nation
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport released the financial statements for Japan’s 26 state-managed airports for FY 2006. An examination of their finances performed ...
Aug 6, 2009 Local News
Fukuoka Cuisine Cookbook Published in English
Three teachers at the Nakamura Gakuen University Junior College in Jonan Ward, Fukuoka City, have published an English-language cookbook of local Fukuoka recipes called Enjoy Fukuo...
Aug 6, 2009 Local News
Kyushu Corporations See Agriculture as Promising Sector
Fukuoka University released the results of a survey it took of top executives at leading Kyushu companies regarding the future of the regional economy. The survey showed that 80% o...
Aug 6, 2009 Local News
Kyushu Joshi High School to Affiliate with Fukuoka University
Kyushu Joshi High School, a Fukuoka City school for girls, will officially become affiliated with Fukuoka University next March, the two schools announced. The academic corporation...
Aug 6, 2009 Local News
Nishitetsu Posts Huge First Quarter Loss
Fukuoka City-based Nishi-Nippon Railway (Nishitetsu) released figures showing they suffered a consolidated net loss in the first quarter of 149 billion yen. This is in contrast to ...
Aug 6, 2009 Local News
Kyushu Electric Profits Climb on Reduced Fuel Expenditures
Kyushu Electric Power released figures for its financial performance during the first quarter of FY 2009 showing that current profit skyrocketed 15.6 times over the year-before per...
Aug 6, 2009 Local News
Shimabara Girls Win National High School Kendo Title
The girls’ kendo team from Shimabara High School in Nagasaki Prefecture took top honors in the national tournament in Fukuoka City. It was the first national championship for the g...
Aug 6, 2009 Local News
Job-Seeker to Job Opening Ratio at Rock Bottom
The Health, Labor, and Welfare Ministry released the seasonally-adjusted June figures for Kyushu’s job-seeker to job-opening ratio. The results showed there were 100 job seekers fo...
Aug 6, 2009 Local News
Wild Boar Sausage Goes on Sale in Takeo
The city of Takeo in Saga Prefecture recently began a campaign to eliminate wild boar from the city as a harmful animal, setting up a municipal department for that purpose in April...
