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Oct 22, 2009 Local News
Nishitetsu Says it Will Lose JPY 1.6 Billion in Revenue from Toll-Free Expressways
The Nishi-Nippon Railway Co. (Nishitetsu) conducted trial calculations of the effect eliminating highway tolls would have on their long-distance bus business, and concluded it woul...
Oct 22, 2009 Local News
Miyazaki Beef Exported to Macao
After Macao removed its prohibition on beef imports from Japan, a Miyazaki Prefecture meat products company became the first to export beef to the region on the 19th. Macao had pre...
Oct 22, 2009 Local News
Hawks Eliminated from Postseason Play
During the first round of postseason play in Japanese baseball, the best two-out-of-three Climax Series, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks were eliminated after two straight defeats by th...
Oct 22, 2009 Local News
Most Companies Still Plan on Hiring New Graduates
Fukuoka City-based employment services company Universe Create released the results of its questionnaire survey of 180 companies on its intentions to hire new graduates next spring...
Oct 22, 2009 Local News
Shinkansen Funding for Nagasaki-Isahaya Route Pending
Under the direction of the new Hatoyama administration, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport has approved the 260 billion yen in spending requests for the Kyushu Shi...
Oct 22, 2009 Local News
JR Kyushu to Get in the Produce Business
It was revealed on the 17th that JR Kyushu plans to enter the agricultural sector by growing vegetables. It has rented three hectares of land in Oita City for cultivating nira, or ...
Oct 22, 2009 Local News
JR Kyushu to Get in the Produce Business
It was revealed on the 17th that JR Kyushu plans to enter the agricultural sector by growing vegetables. It has rented three hectares of land in Oita City for cultivating nira, or ...
Oct 22, 2009 Local News
Flu Vaccinations Start in Kyushu
Medical institutions in Nagasaki, Oita, and Kagoshima prefectures began acquiring vaccines for the new influenza virus on the 19th and inoculating doctors and nurses. They were fol...
Oct 22, 2009 Local News
Yaskawa Electric Sales Down by Half
Yaskawa Electric of Kitakyushu released its interim report for the current fiscal year that recorded sales of 98.355 billion yen, down 48% from the year-before period. The company ...
Oct 22, 2009 Local News
Nishitetsu Says it Will Lose JPY 1.6 Billion in Revenue from Toll-Free Expressways
The Nishi-Nippon Railway Co. (Nishitetsu) conducted trial calculations of the effect eliminating highway tolls would have on their long-distance bus business, and concluded it woul...
