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Mar 12, 2009 Local News
Kyushu Electric to Start Pluthermal Generation in Mid-November
Kyushu Electric Power announced plans to start in mid-November pluthermal (plutonium thermal) power generation using mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel, which is based on uranium and plutonium...
Mar 12, 2009 Local News
Six Straight Months of Sales Declines for Large Retail Stores
The Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade, and Industry released statistics showing that sales at large retail stores (department stores and supermarkets) in the Kyushu/Okinawa Prefectur...
Mar 12, 2009 Local News
Daihatsu Kyushu to Hire 340 Seconded Employees
Daihatsu Kyushu announced it would hire 340 seconded employees working in manufacturing operations as full-time employees. Their period of secondment has reached the legal maximum ...
Mar 12, 2009 Local News
Worst Decline Ever for Kyushu Mining and Manufacturing Index
The Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade, and Industry released its seasonally adjusted mining and manufacturing index for the month of January (2005=100). The index declined 13.1% to 6...
Mar 12, 2009 Local News
Kyushu Electric to Start Pluthermal Generation in Mid-November
Kyushu Electric Power announced plans to start in mid-November pluthermal (plutonium thermal) power generation using mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel, which is based on uranium and plutonium...
Mar 12, 2009 Local News
Six Straight Months of Sales Declines for Large Retail Stores
The Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade, and Industry released statistics showing that sales at large retail stores (department stores and supermarkets) in the Kyushu/Okinawa Prefectur...
Mar 12, 2009 Local News
Fukuoka City Debt Down to 1.79 Million Yen per Capita
A special finance committee in the Fukuoka City Council responded to questions on the ninth about the city’s indebtedness. The committee answered that their projection for the city...
Mar 12, 2009 Local News
Infant Care Facility Use Expands in Fukuoka Prefecture
Last October, Kitakyushu was one of the first cities in the country to open areas in public buildings and department stores for mothers to nurse their infants or change their diape...
Mar 12, 2009 Local News
Kumamoto to Provide Assistance for Welfare Recipients
Kumamoto Prefecture has established a system in which it will lend 38,000 yen per month interest free to university students from families receiving welfare benefits. The system, w...
Mar 12, 2009 Local News
Saga Airport Leads Nation in Bird Strikes
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport released statistics for the bird strike ratio for Japanese airports. The ratio is based on the number of strikes per 10,000 take...