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Feb 26, 2009 Local News
Huis ten Bosch to Close Hotel
The Huis ten Bosch resort in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, announced it would close one hotel this summer to improve its financial picture, and that it would cancel the contracts fo...
Feb 12, 2009 Local News
Kitakyushu and Yamaguchi Financial Group to Form Links
The city of Kitakyushu, the Yamaguchi Financial Group, and the affiliated Yamaguchi Bank announced they will sign an agreement on the 20th to promote local industry. One sector in ...
Feb 12, 2009 Local News
Toyota Kyushu Shifts Surplus Employees to Volunteer Activities
Toyota Kyushu is faced with excess personnel due to production cutbacks caused by the economic downturn. Rather than lay the employees off, the company has decided to continue payi...
Feb 12, 2009 Local News
20.5% of Kyushu Residents Now BYO Shopping Bags
The results of the Kyushu-wide campaign to reduce the amount of refuse by encouraging customers at supermarkets and convenience stores to bring their own bags were announced. They ...
Feb 12, 2009 Local News
Fukuoka City Working to Attract Chinese Cruise Ships
Fukuoka City plans to conduct a PR campaign for the Port of Hakata with North American and Asian passenger ship companies to boost the number of port calls by cruise ships starting...
Feb 12, 2009 Local News
Iwata-ya to Post First Loss in 10 Years
Fukuoka City-based department store Iwata-ya has revised downward its consolidated results forecast for the fiscal year ending in March 2009. The new projection shows a loss for th...
Feb 12, 2009 Local News
Izutsu-ya to Increase Regularly-Scheduled Off Days
The Izutsu-ya department stores of Kitakyushu announced that starting in March, they will add five or six regularly scheduled off days to their operating schedule. The stores have ...
Feb 12, 2009 Local News
Silicon Island Kyushu Concept Not Progressing
The Nishinippon Shimbun reports that the Silicon Island Kyushu concept is facing serious problems. With the downturn in global demand, producers of electric machinery and semicondu...
Feb 12, 2009 Local News
Human Resource Development Service of Korea Opens Fukuoka Office
The Human Resource Development Service of Korea, a group affiliated with the South Korean government that provides support for the overseas employment of South Koreans, opened an o...
Feb 12, 2009 Local News
Applications for Employment Adjustment Subsidy Skyrocket
A survey by the Nishinippon Shimbun revealed there has been a sharp rise in the number of applications during January for employment adjustment subsidies by companies who have furl...
