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Nov 12, 2009 Local News
Seven Kyushu Regional Banks Revise Projections Upward
A total of seven of the 17 Kyushu regional banks have revised upward their net profit projections for the year on their interim reports. The banks’ improved outlook results from a ...
Nov 12, 2009 Local News
Kyushu Corporate Income Down 23.4% in 2008
The Fukuoka and Kumamoto Regional Tax Bureaus released information from Kyushu corporate income statements for FY 2008 that shows aggregate corporate income in the region during th...
Nov 12, 2009 Local News
Kyushu Electric to Mix Wood with Coal to Generate Electricity
Kyushu Electric Power announced that it planned to mix wood obtained from forestry thinning operations with coal to generate biomass electricity at their power plant in Ashikita-ma...
Nov 12, 2009 Local News
FDA to Inaugurate Fukuoka-Shizuoka Flights
The Shizuoka-based Fuji Dream Airlines announced plans to start flights between Fukuoka City and Shizuoka Airport next spring. The local airline plans to operate from two to four r...
Nov 12, 2009 Local News
Miyazaki Prefecture to Boost Solar Power Subsidies for Home Use
Earlier this month, Miyazaki Prefecture began accepting applications from homeowners to receive subsidies for solar power generating systems for the home. They had allocated 70 mil...
Nov 12, 2009 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture to Have All Schools Administer Scholastic Ability Test
Under the new Democratic Party of Japan administration, the Ministry of Education has announced a policy of having only selected schools administer the scholastic ability test give...
Nov 12, 2009 Local News
Hirado Tourism Agency Survival at Risk
Plans currently call for the elimination of tolls on the 665-meter bridge linking the city of Hirado in Nagasaki Prefecture with the Kyushu mainland. Collection of the tolls is sub...
Nov 12, 2009 Local News
JR Kyushu Sponsors On-Line Cell Phone Game
JR Kyushu has teamed up with game producer Colopl of Tokyo to offer an on-like game that can be played with cell phones. The idea of the game is to travel Kyushu by train. Traveler...
Nov 12, 2009 Local News
Seven Kyushu Regional Banks Revise Projections Upward
A total of seven of the 17 Kyushu regional banks have revised upward their net profit projections for the year on their interim reports. The banks’ improved outlook results from a ...
Nov 12, 2009 Local News
Kyushu Corporate Income Down 23.4% in 2008
The Fukuoka and Kumamoto Regional Tax Bureaus released information from Kyushu corporate income statements for FY 2008 that shows aggregate corporate income in the region during th...