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Mar 25, 2010 Local News
JR Kyushu to Open Shanghai Office
JR Kyushu announced it will open an office in Shanghai, China, on April 1 with the intention of exploring the potential of establishing a presence in the local food service industr...
Mar 25, 2010 Local News
Kumamoto City Merger Results in New Metropolis with 720,000 People
The merger of Kumamoto City with Ueki-machi and Jonan-machi took effect on the 23rd, creating a new Kumamoto City with a population of 728,000 people as of the 2005 census. That po...
Mar 25, 2010 Local News
Survey Shows 20% of Local Companies to Limit Hiring
The Nishinippon Shimbun conducted a questionnaire survey of the 120 primary companies in Kyushu regarding their intent for hiring new graduates in the spring of 2011. Those who ans...
Mar 25, 2010 Local News
Regional Department Store Sales Declines Most Prolonged Ever
The Kyushu Department Store Association announced sales results for the 26 department stores operated by 17 companies in Kyushu and Okinawa for February. Sales revenue fell 3.2% fr...
Mar 18, 2010 Local News
Studio Opens in Fukuoka City to Promote Food Culture
The Food Culture Studio, a facility to prevent information about food and related matters though lectures by nutritionists and chefs, opened in Fukuoka City’s Chuo Ward on the 16th...
Mar 18, 2010 Local News
Fukuoka and Saga Prefectures Hold Business Confab
The business and financial industry in Fukuoka and Saga prefectures held the third Kyushu Economic Forum in Tosu, Saga Prefecture, on the 12th and 13th to promote closer ties. This...
Mar 18, 2010 Local News
Miyazaki Taiyo Bank to Receive 13 Billion Yen in Public Funds
The Financial Services Agency announced it has decided to provide the Miyazaki Taiyo Bank of Miyazaki Prefecture with 13 billion yen in public funds to help the troubled institutio...
Mar 18, 2010 Local News
American Naval Vessels Queried about Nuclear Weapons at Port of Hakata
For the first time, Fukuoka City officials inquired of the Foreign Ministry whether American naval vessels entering the Port of Hakata had nuclear weapons on board on the 16th. Pre...
Mar 18, 2010 Local News
Satoh Industries Creates Eco-Friendly Greenhouse
Satoh Industries of Umi-machi, Fukuoka Prefecture, has developed a greenhouse that accumulates and retains heat from the sun. They used as a reference for their project a similar t...
Mar 18, 2010 Local News
Four Transport Companies Start Mutual Use of Payment Cards
Riders of the Nishi-Nippon Railway (Nishitetsu) transportation network who use their nimoca non-contact payment cards; JR Kyushu with its Sugoca cards, the Fukuoka Municipal Subway...
