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Mar 26, 2009 Local News
Unlimited Travel Tickets to Seniors
Starting April 1, JR Kyushu will offer additional features for what it calls Active 65 tickets to those aged 65 and older. The tickets, which have been sold since last November, of...
Mar 26, 2009 Local News
Kamimine-cho Elects Nation’s Youngest CMO
In a runoff election held on March 22, the voters of Kamimine-cho, Saga Prefecture, chose Yuhei Takehiro as their new chief municipal officer. Takehiro, a former aide in the upper ...
Mar 26, 2009 Local News
Governor to Support Expansion of Airport
Fukuoka Airport will soon reach the limit of its capacity, and there has been a debate about whether to add an additional runway or to build a new airport. The Nishinippon Shimbun ...
Mar 26, 2009 Local News
97 Million Yen in Slush Funds
Mayor Seishi Koyama of Kumamoto City released the results of an investigation of improper municipal accounting practices from 2000-2008, which found slush funds totaling 97 million...
Mar 26, 2009 Local News
Request to Register J-Pon Rebuffed
The Japan Patent Office has turned down Saga Prefecture’s request to register the trademark J-Pon for the greenhouse-grown Mandarin oranges it exports. The government agency said t...
Mar 26, 2009 Local News
Unlimited Travel Tickets to Seniors
Starting April 1, JR Kyushu will offer additional features for what it calls Active 65 tickets to those aged 65 and older. The tickets, which have been sold since last November, of...
Mar 26, 2009 Local News
Kamimine-cho Elects Nation’s Youngest CMO
In a runoff election held on March 22, the voters of Kamimine-cho, Saga Prefecture, chose Yuhei Takehiro as their new chief municipal officer. Takehiro, a former aide in the upper ...
Mar 26, 2009 Local News
Governor to Support Expansion of Airport
Fukuoka Airport will soon reach the limit of its capacity, and there has been a debate about whether to add an additional runway or to build a new airport. The Nishinippon Shimbun ...
Mar 26, 2009 Local News
97 Million Yen in Slush Funds
Mayor Seishi Koyama of Kumamoto City released the results of an investigation of improper municipal accounting practices from 2000-2008, which found slush funds totaling 97 million...
Mar 26, 2009 Local News
Request to Register J-Pon Rebuffed
The Japan Patent Office has turned down Saga Prefecture’s request to register the trademark J-Pon for the greenhouse-grown Mandarin oranges it exports. The government agency said t...