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Oct 22, 2009 Local News
Flu Vaccinations Start in Kyushu
Medical institutions in Nagasaki, Oita, and Kagoshima prefectures began acquiring vaccines for the new influenza virus on the 19th and inoculating doctors and nurses. They were fol...
Oct 22, 2009 Local News
Yaskawa Electric Sales Down by Half
Yaskawa Electric of Kitakyushu released its interim report for the current fiscal year that recorded sales of 98.355 billion yen, down 48% from the year-before period. The company ...
Oct 22, 2009 Local News
Nishitetsu Says it Will Lose JPY 1.6 Billion in Revenue from Toll-Free Expressways
The Nishi-Nippon Railway Co. (Nishitetsu) conducted trial calculations of the effect eliminating highway tolls would have on their long-distance bus business, and concluded it woul...
Oct 22, 2009 Local News
Miyazaki Beef Exported to Macao
After Macao removed its prohibition on beef imports from Japan, a Miyazaki Prefecture meat products company became the first to export beef to the region on the 19th. Macao had pre...
Oct 22, 2009 Local News
Hawks Eliminated from Postseason Play
During the first round of postseason play in Japanese baseball, the best two-out-of-three Climax Series, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks were eliminated after two straight defeats by th...
Oct 22, 2009 Local News
Hankyu Ferry to Sell Two Ships
Hankyu Ferry, which operates a ferryboat service between Kitakyushu and Osaka, revealed that it intends to cut back service and sell two of its ferryboats. The move was attributed ...
Oct 22, 2009 Local News
Kyushu Electric Group Member Forms Technology Ties with Vietnamese Company
Kyushu Electric Power group company Nishinippon Plant Engineering and Construction Co. finalized a technology exchange agreement with NPS of Vietnam for maintenance work at thermal...
Oct 15, 2009 Local News
Nine Northern Kyushu Junior Colleges Form Consortium
Nine junior colleges in Fukuoka, Saga, and Nagasaki prefecture formed the Junior College Consortium Kyushu this week to improve their educational services. The schools hope to impr...
Oct 15, 2009 Local News
MLIT’s Budget Cuts to Impact Kyushu
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport released information on the projects it plans to cut or reduce from the supplemental budget for 2009. Several of these will have...
Oct 15, 2009 Local News
Sasebo Mulls Plan for Huis ten Bosch Resort
Seeking for a solution to the financial difficulties of the Huis ten Bosch resort in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, the city has come up with a proposal in which it would assume owne...
