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Jun 24, 2010 Local News
Saga-Osaka Air Service to be Canceled in January
The two round-trip flights between Saga Airport and Osaka operated by ANA will be ended on January 5 next year. The flights need an occupancy ratio of 60% to be profitable, and the...
Jun 24, 2010 Local News
77 Kyushu Companies Violate Subcontracting Law
The Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade, and Industry reports that 77 companies in the Kyushu region were in violation of laws related to subcontracting in FY 2009, an increase of 24 f...
Jun 24, 2010 Local News
Kyushu Electric to Invest Heavily in Vietnam
Kyushu Electric Power is involved in negotiations to invest in a thermal power generation project planned by the state-operated Vietnam Oil and Gas Group, commonly known as Petrovi...
Jun 24, 2010 Local News
Saga-Osaka Air Service to be Canceled in January
The two round-trip flights between Saga Airport and Osaka operated by ANA will be ended on January 5 next year. The flights need an occupancy ratio of 60% to be profitable, and the...
Jun 24, 2010 Local News
77 Kyushu Companies Violate Subcontracting Law
The Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade, and Industry reports that 77 companies in the Kyushu region were in violation of laws related to subcontracting in FY 2009, an increase of 24 f...
Jun 24, 2010 Local News
Sumitomo Metals Kokura is Kyushu’s Greenhouse Gas Emission Leader
The Environmental Ministry and the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry released the results of their nationwide survey of companies and their greenhouse gas emissions in FY 20...
Jun 24, 2010 Local News
Akune Mayor Orders 90% Cut in Council Members’ Salaries
Mayor Shinichi Takemura of Akune, Kagoshima Prefecture, ordered that the salary system for the 16 city council members be switched from the current monthly system to a per diem rat...
Jun 24, 2010 Local News
Spaceworld Discount Passes Sold in Other Prefectures
The Kitakyushu amusement park Spaceworld began special discount sales of single day passes in Saga, Nagasaki, Oita, and Yamaguchi prefectures. The objective is to attract residents...
Jun 24, 2010 Local News
Lowest Mongoose Catch on Amami
The Amami Wildlife Center in Kagoshima Prefecture reports that a total of 598 Javan mongooses were caught on the island of Amami in 2009, the lowest total ever. The island is the h...
Jun 24, 2010 Local News
Hankyu Sign Goes up on Hakata Station Building
The Hankyu sign identifying the core tenant of the new JR Hakata Station building open next year has been placed on the southern exterior wall at the 7th floor level. The two chara...
