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Dec 17, 2009 Local News
Nissan and Kitakyushu Form Agreement
Nissan Motors and the city of Kitakyushu have signed an agreement to promote the spread of battery-operated automobiles and help create a low-carbon consumption society. Nissan has...
Dec 17, 2009 Local News
Starflyer to Lease Another Plane for Haneda Expansion
The Kitakyushu-based airline Starflyer will lease another new aircraft to fulfill the potential demand created when operations are expanded at Haneda Airport next October. The laun...
Dec 17, 2009 Local News
Kagoshima Prefecture to Eliminate Paid Break Time
Kagoshima Prefecture, the last of the nation’s prefectures to offer its employees paid break time during working hours, announced it will abolish the practice as of the end of the ...
Dec 17, 2009 Local News
Universities Conduct Experiments at Sakurajima
Kyushu University and eight other schools, in conjunction with the Meteorological Agency, conducted a second round of experiments at the Sakurajima volcano near Kagoshima City. The...
Dec 17, 2009 Local News
New Policy Formulated for Hakata Station Area
A council for the promotion of development in the Hakata area working to promote the invigoration of the district in conjunction with the opening of the new Hakata Station building...
Dec 17, 2009 Local News
Oita Trinita to Release Coach in Cost-Cutting Move
The financially strapped J League team Oita Trinita announced it will release coach Ranko Popovic as part of its financial reconstruction program. The team, which was relegated fro...
Dec 17, 2009 Local News
Government Agencies to Offer Joint Consultation for Fund Management, Employment
All Kyushu prefectures will conduct the so-called One Stop Service Day on the 18th for providing advice to small businesses on fund management and hiring. The Small and Medium Ente...
Dec 17, 2009 Local News
Amaou Strawberries Exported to Hong Kong
Fukuoka City-based Farmstore, a trading company formed by Fukuoka Prefecture, regional agricultural groups, and local businesses, has started exporting the prefecture’s amaou straw...
Dec 17, 2009 Local News
Fukuyama Transporting to Resume Kitakyushu Freight Flights
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport lifted its suspension of Starflyer Airline freight flights between Kitakyushu Airport and Haneda resulting from the Fukuyama Tra...
Dec 17, 2009 Local News
Proposal Considered to Base Delegate Salary on Ability
The municipal council of Itsuki-mura in Kumamoto Prefecture discussed a proposal last week to convert the calculation of their remuneration to 60% basic salary and 40% for ability....
