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Apr 1, 2010 Local News
Saga City to Provide 600 Million Yen to Municipal Bus Company
The Saga City Council agreed on the 25th to provide 600 million yen to the cash-strapped entity operating the Saga City municipal buses. The condition of the allocation is that pre...
Apr 1, 2010 Local News
Foreign Lodgers in Kyushu Decline 42% in 2009
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport released its report on the number of visitors to Kyushu’s seven prefectures renting rooms during their visit in 2009. The overal...
Apr 1, 2010 Local News
JR Kyushu and Aeon Form Business Ties
JR Kyushu and Chiba-based Aeon announced the formation of business ties to develop business in Asia and new products and shops in Japan. They plan to share their operating resource...
Apr 1, 2010 Local News
Fukuoka Taxi Companies to Furlough Part of Fleet
Employment conditions have become more difficult for taxi drivers with the entry of new companies in the business and the increase in the number of taxicabs, so the members of the ...
Apr 1, 2010 Local News
Saga City to Provide 600 Million Yen to Municipal Bus Company
The Saga City Council agreed on the 25th to provide 600 million yen to the cash-strapped entity operating the Saga City municipal buses. The condition of the allocation is that pre...
Apr 1, 2010 Local News
Foreign Lodgers in Kyushu Decline 42% in 2009
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport released its report on the number of visitors to Kyushu’s seven prefectures renting rooms during their visit in 2009. The overal...
Apr 1, 2010 Local News
Air Busan Service between Fukuoka and Busan Takes Off
Air Busan, an airline based in Busan, South Korea, launched service between that city and Fukuoka City on the 29th. It will fly one round-trip a day on a Boeing 737-400 with a capa...
Apr 1, 2010 Local News
New Bank in Kitakyushu
The Yamaguchi Financial Group, which controls the Yamaguchi Bank in Shimonoseki, and the Momiji Bank in Hiroshima, announced that it will open a new bank in Kitakyushu with the wor...
Apr 1, 2010 Local News
Nagasaki Prefecture to Absorb Increased Expenses for Fresh Fish Inspection
Changes in the system for the inspection expenses for fresh fish imports to China will result in higher costs when it is implemented in April. Nagasaki Prefecture announced it will...
Apr 1, 2010 Local News
Kyushu Electric Mulls Closing Thermal Power Plants in Oita
Kyushu Electric Power is likely to close two of its thermal power plants using oil in Oita City, the Nishinippon Shimbun reported. The utility will begin preparations to shut the p...
