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Dec 11, 2008 Local News
Extensive Layoffs in Kyushu Semiconductor Industry
The sales slumps in the auto and consumer electronics industry caused by the economic downturn has led to layoffs by the major semiconductor companies with plants in Kyushu. These ...
Dec 11, 2008 Local News
Nishitetsu Mulling Hotel Construction in the Ginza
Fukuoka City-based Nishi-Nippon Railway (Nishitetsu) revealed it has purchased land in the Ginza district of Tokyo with the intent of building a hotel on the site. The company said...
Dec 11, 2008 Local News
Full-Scale Construction on Western Kyushu Shinkansen Route Likely to Start Next Year
The project team of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party for promoting Shinkansen construction has decided that construction should begin in 2009 on the sections of the western Kyus...
Dec 11, 2008 Local News
Regional Bankruptcies Already Exceed Last Year’s Totals
The Fukuoka branch of Tokyo Shokoh Research revealed that its survey of corporate bankruptcies with liabilities of 10 million yen or more in Kyushu and Okinawa Prefecture by the en...
Dec 11, 2008 Local News
Canon Oita to Lay Off More Than 1,100 Workers
Canon subsidiaries Oita Canon and Canon Materials, also of the same prefecture, have been informed that their parent’s plan for production cutbacks will result in a layoff of a com...
Dec 4, 2008 Local News
Conference Held to Promote Fukuoka Tourism in Busan
A conference was held in the municipal offices of Busan, South Korea, to devise strategies using the higher yen and lower won to promote tourism in South Korea. Participating were ...
Dec 4, 2008 Local News
Sharp Increase in Kyushu Travel to South Korea
The appreciation of the yen and the decline of the South Korean won have resulted in a rapid increase in the number of Kyushu travelers visiting that country. There was a 22% jump ...
Dec 4, 2008 Local News
Toyota Kyushu Production Could Fall Below 300,000 Units
Toyota Kyushu revealed that its auto production for business year 2008 could fail to reach the 300,000-unit level. That would be the first time the company failed to produce 300,00...
Dec 4, 2008 Local News
Development of Nagasaki Islands Lagging
Six years ago, Oshima-cho in Saikai, Nagasaki Prefecture, spent more than 30 million yen to buy two uninhabited islands in the prefecture with the intention of building a health re...
Dec 4, 2008 Local News
Kagoshima Bank and Kagoshima University to Develop Software
Kagoshima Bank and Kagoshima University have announced the start of a joint project to develop software for farmers and agricultural companies. The software will provide comprehens...
