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Jan 6, 2011 Local News
Regional Ratio of Jobs to Job-Seekers at 0.52
The seasonally adjusted ratio of available jobs to job-seekers in the seven Kyushu prefectures in November was 0.52, according to Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare statistics....
Jan 6, 2011 Local News
Honda to Conduct Electric Vehicle Trials in Kumamoto
Honda announced it will begin trials of new model electric motorbikes, electric cars, and plug-in hybrids next year at its Kumamoto Prefecture plant. The recharging station for the...
Jan 6, 2011 Local News
Transfer of Broadcast License to Tenjin FM Approved
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications announced it has approved the transfer of the broadcast license held by Kyushu International FM (Love FM) to Tenjin FM, a subsid...
Jan 6, 2011 Local News
Fukuoka Business Leaders Expect to Hire More Graduates
The Fukuoka Employers’ Association of Fukuoka Prefecture conducted a questionnaire survey among its membership that shows 20.4% of the business leaders expect to hire more new coll...
Dec 24, 2010 Local News
Big Trifecta Payoff at Saga Race Track
For the eighth race at the Saga Race Track in Tosu on the 19th, there was a record payoff of 4.051 million yen for those who picked the trifecta winners, i.e., the horses who finis...
Dec 24, 2010 Local News
Huis ten Bosch Posts First-Ever Profit
Huis ten Bosch, the Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture resort, reported it earned current profit of 429 million yen for its consolidated account in FY 2010. Though the company shifted its...
Dec 24, 2010 Local News
Desalinization Certification Plant Built in Kitakyushu
The opening ceremony was held for Water Plaza Kitakyushu, Japan’s first desalinization certification plant that will certify both the conversion of seawater to fresh water and the ...
Dec 24, 2010 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture to End Overseas Tour Subsidy for Prefectural Delegates
Fukuoka Prefecture will eliminate the one-million-yen subsidy for overseas study tours for each delegate in the prefecture assembly during one term in office. The prefecture expect...
Dec 24, 2010 Local News
Fukuoka Parco Customer Total Tops 10 Million
The number of customers who visited the Fukuoka City Parco outlet in the Tenjin shopping district from its opening on March 19 to the end of November exceeded 10 million people, it...
Dec 24, 2010 Local News
Hakata-Kumamoto Shinkansen Fare to be at 3,000 Yen Level
JR Kyushu intends to keep the one-way fare between Hakata and Kumamoto City on the new Kyushu Shinkansen at the 3,000 yen level, it was learned. They also intend to have the one-wa...
