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May 20, 2010 Local News
Regional Bankruptcies at Lowest Level in 37 Years
The Fukuoka branch of Tokyo Shokoh Research released their April statistics for corporate bankruptcies with more than 10 million yen in liabilities in Kyushu and Okinawa Prefecture...
May 20, 2010 Local News
Tax Break-Eligible NPO Certifications Lagging in Kyushu
The use of the system to receive tax breaks by donating to non-profit organizations is lagging in Kyushu. Of the 144 NPOs that have received such certification, roughly half are in...
May 20, 2010 Local News
Earnings Improve for Regional Banks
The 18 regional banks headquartered in Kyushu and Yamaguchi Prefecture released their financial reports for the year ended March 2010, which showed that 15 were improved in the net...
May 20, 2010 Local News
Zinc Recovered Inexpensively from Waste Water
Fukuoka Prefecture announced it had developed and put into operation the first device in the country for inexpensively recovering zinc from the waste water at plating plants for re...
May 20, 2010 Local News
Miyazaki Governor Declares State of Emergency
Miyazaki Prefecture Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru declared a state of emergency for the entire prefecture as the foot-and-mouth infection continues to infect local livestock. He has a...
May 20, 2010 Local News
Semiconductor Production Picking Up
Signs of an uptick in semiconductor production are appearing. Production has fallen since the start of the global economic turndown two years ago, but demand is rising for semicond...
May 20, 2010 Local News
Kyushu Governors Have Cautious Attitude toward Futenma Move
The Nishinippon Shimbun conducted a survey of Kyushu governors to gauge their response to a government suggestion to move some of the functions of the Futenma airbase in Okinawa to...
May 20, 2010 Local News
Large Retail Store Sales Down for a Decade
The Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade, and Industry released aggregate sales figures for large retail stores in Kyushu and Okinawa for FY 2009, which showed a 5.2% year-on-year decli...
May 20, 2010 Local News
Miyazaki Governor Declares State of Emergency
Miyazaki Prefecture Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru declared a state of emergency for the entire prefecture as the foot-and-mouth infection continues to infect local livestock. He has a...
May 20, 2010 Local News
Semiconductor Production Picking Up
Signs of an uptick in semiconductor production are appearing. Production has fallen since the start of the global economic turndown two years ago, but demand is rising for semicond...
