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Oct 8, 2009 Local News
Overseas Students in Kyushu Look Elsewhere for Jobs
A study by the Nishinippon Shimbun discovered that most of the foreign students at Kyushu universities and who stay in Japan after graduation find employment outside Kyushu. Statis...
Oct 8, 2009 Local News
Nishitetsu to End Bus Card Sales
Fukuoka City-based Nishi-Nippon Railroad (Nishitetsu) said it will stop selling its pre-paid magnetic Bus Cards used exclusively for buses next April. It will be possible to use th...
Oct 8, 2009 Local News
Large Retail Store Sales Down 4.8%
The Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade, and Industry released figures for the August sales of the 27 department stores and 375 supermarkets in Kyushu and Okinawa Prefecture, which sho...
Oct 8, 2009 Local News
Overseas Students in Kyushu Look Elsewhere for Jobs
A study by the Nishinippon Shimbun discovered that most of the foreign students at Kyushu universities and who stay in Japan after graduation find employment outside Kyushu. Statis...
Oct 8, 2009 Local News
Nishitetsu to End Bus Card Sales
Fukuoka City-based Nishi-Nippon Railroad (Nishitetsu) said it will stop selling its pre-paid magnetic Bus Cards used exclusively for buses next April. It will be possible to use th...
Oct 8, 2009 Local News
Fukuoka City to Set 30-Meter Height Limit on New Buildings
With the growing citizen interest in the quality of their living environment, Fukuoka City has firmed up a policy of limiting the height of new buildings in residential areas to 30...
Oct 8, 2009 Local News
Kyushu’s Five Department Stores Jointly Develop and Sell Men’s Clothing
The five department store companies in Kyushu have launched a month-long sales campaign for a limited line of men’s clothing they jointly developed. Their first such joint effort w...
Oct 8, 2009 Local News
Saibu Gas Policies Win Favorable Interest Rates
The Mitsui Sumitomo Bank officially recognized those companies with environmentally friendly policies at a company ceremony, and said it would offer preferential interest rates on ...
Oct 8, 2009 Local News
JR Kyushu Revenue Slides in September
JR Kyushu announced that its revenue from railroad operations declined 0.9% from the year-before period. This represents an improvement over the year-on-year revenue declines at th...
Oct 8, 2009 Local News
Toyota Kyushu to Produce New Hybrid
Toyota announced that its Toyota Kyushu subsidiary would be the sole producer of its new Sai hybrid vehicle. Production is slated to start in November, and initial sales, which wil...
