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Mar 11, 2010 Local News
Saga Law Firm Offers Halal Certification Procedure Service
The Okuno Law Office in Arita-cho, Saga Prefecture, is now offering the first service in the country to conduct the procedures for gaining halal certification for food products sol...
Mar 11, 2010 Local News
Oita Board of Education Knocks Biased Education
The Oita Prefecture Board of Education released its opinion on the 8th that “biased education was conducted” at one junior high school in the prefecture. First year students were d...
Mar 11, 2010 Local News
Regional Bankruptcies at Lowest Level in 37 Years
The Fukuoka branch of Tokyo Shoko Research reports that February corporate bankruptcies in Kyushu and Okinawa Prefecture exceeding 10 million yen in liabilities were down 23.5% fro...
Mar 11, 2010 Local News
Joint Industry-Academia Research Survey Published
The Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade, and Industry published a compilation of some successful cooperative projects between regional universities and small businesses to create new p...
Mar 4, 2010 Local News
Nissan Shatai Kyushu Plant Starts Operation
Nissan President Carlos Ghosn, local government leaders, and 700 other guests attended the ceremony marking the opening of the Nissan Shatai Kyushu plant in Fukuoka Prefecture. Pre...
Mar 4, 2010 Local News
Best Denki to Shed More than 1,000 Employees
Fukuoka City-based Best Denki revealed plans to cut more than 1,000 of its roughly 5,500 employees, including irregular workers, by February 2012. In addition to offering workers e...
Mar 4, 2010 Local News
Credit Guarantee Association Chairmen in Kyushu Dominated by Ex-Pols
An investigation by the Nishinippon Shimbun revealed that the post of chairmen of the credit guarantee associations in all seven Kyushu prefectures have been dominated by former go...
Mar 4, 2010 Local News
Five Kyushu Department Stores Expand Common Product Planning
Five leading Kyushu department stores—Fukuoka City’s Hakata Daimaru, Kitakyushu’s Izutsuya, Kumamoto City’s Tsuruya, Oita City’s Tokiha, and Kagoshima City’s Yamagataya—plan to exp...
Mar 4, 2010 Local News
New Portal Site Profiles Public Cultural Facilities in Northern Kyushu
Fukuoka City-based Kataranne, which is involved with planning historical and cultural tours, is operating a portal site on the Internet that presents the public sector cultural fac...
Mar 4, 2010 Local News
Kumamoto’s Mifune-machi to begin Year-Round Municipal Council Sessions
The municipal council of Mifune-machi, Kumamoto Prefecture, will begin year-round sessions starting in April. The objective is to more promptly respond to emergencies and to discus...
