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Feb 26, 2009 Local News
First Red Ink for Regional Manufacturing Industry in Seven Years
The Nishinippon Shimbun did a survey of primary exchange-listed companies based in Kyushu or Yamaguchi Prefecture for their consolidated results for the fiscal year ending March 20...
Feb 26, 2009 Local News
Japan Pulp and Paper to Build Kumamoto Plant
The Japan Pulp and Paper Co. of Tokyo will build a new plant in Kumamoto City to make pulp and solid fuel from waste materials. The operation will be conducted in partnership with ...
Feb 26, 2009 Local News
Toyota Kyushu to Restore Production Levels
Toyota Motors Kyushu announced that starting in April, it would likely restore two-shift production at its Miyata plant. Currently, the plant is operating only a single daytime shi...
Feb 26, 2009 Local News
Kama to Limit all Primary School Classes to 35 Students
The city of Kama, Fukuoka Prefecture, revealed it will reduce the upper limit for the number of students in classes in all 12 municipal primary schools from 40 to 35. The city will...
Feb 26, 2009 Local News
Sales to Major Kyushu Electric Customers Down 15.4%
Kyushu Electric Power released results of its electric power sales for the month of January, showing that demand from large industrial customers plummeted, resulting in a 15.4% yea...
Feb 26, 2009 Local News
Kitakyushu’s Sumix Hall to Close
Sumix Hall Esta, a theater for drama and concerts in Kitakyushu’s Kokurakita Ward, will close at the end of March. The theater’s owners, Sumitomo Metals of Tokyo, cites the severe ...
Feb 26, 2009 Local News
Shigemitsu Industry to be Listed on Singapore Exchange
Japan Foods Holdings, the Singapore franchiser for Kumamoto City-based Shigemitsu Industry, which operates the Ajisen ramen chain, was listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange, it wa...
Feb 26, 2009 Local News
Huis ten Bosch to Close Hotel
The Huis ten Bosch resort in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, announced it would close one hotel this summer to improve its financial picture, and that it would cancel the contracts fo...
Feb 12, 2009 Local News
Kitakyushu and Yamaguchi Financial Group to Form Links
The city of Kitakyushu, the Yamaguchi Financial Group, and the affiliated Yamaguchi Bank announced they will sign an agreement on the 20th to promote local industry. One sector in ...
Feb 12, 2009 Local News
Toyota Kyushu Shifts Surplus Employees to Volunteer Activities
Toyota Kyushu is faced with excess personnel due to production cutbacks caused by the economic downturn. Rather than lay the employees off, the company has decided to continue payi...