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Mar 26, 2009 Local News
Mitsui Mining & Smelting to Seek Delisting
Mitsui Mining & Smelting has decided to apply for delisting from the Fukuoka Stock Exchange. The company says that because there is such little trading of its shares on that e...
Mar 26, 2009 Local News
Saibu Gas Aims to Boost Sales by 16%
Fukuoka City-based Saibu Gas unveiled its new mid-term plan for a three-year period starting in FY 2009. The plan calls for making a stronger sales pitch to large-scale customers t...
Mar 26, 2009 Local News
Cheap Offices Sought in Fukuoka City
Fukuoka City was no exception to the national trend for declining land values in regional cities as reported on the 23rd. The value of both residential and commercial land in the c...
Mar 26, 2009 Local News
Saga Governor to Take Voluntary Pay Cut
Saga Prefecture Gov. Yasushi Furukawa announced he will cut his own salary to take responsibility for the prefectural employees who took Saga brand beef to the United Arab Emirates...
Mar 26, 2009 Local News
Third Sector Companies a Financial Burden
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications released a survey of public-private sector partnerships and public corporations in Kyushu and Yamaguchi Prefecture showing that ...
Mar 20, 2009 Local News
Local Kyushu Governments Not Utilizing Public Land
The Fukuoka branch of the Development Bank of Japan released the results of its survey of Kyushu prefectures and municipalities regarding their utilization of public land no longer...
Mar 20, 2009 Local News
KIT to Launch Own Satellite
To commemorate its 100th anniversary this May, the Kyushu Institute of Technology in Kitakyushu announced that early next year, India will launch a rocket to send into orbit a sate...
Mar 20, 2009 Local News
Takeo to Combine Hot Springs and Ceramics in Tourism Promotion
The city of Takeo, Saga Prefecture, has formulated a tourism promotion campaign that combines the attractions of its local hot spring resorts and ceramics kilns. The campaign will ...
Mar 20, 2009 Local News
Yamaga Certified for Historical Scenery Protection Program
The city of Yamaga in Kumamoto Prefecture has become the first municipality in Kyushu to receive certification for its plan to protect historical views under a program conducted by...
Mar 20, 2009 Local News
JR Kyushu Plans 55.6 Billion Yen in Capital Investments
JR Kyushu released its business plan for FY 2009, which includes projected non-consolidated capital investments of 55.6 billion yen, the company’s highest total ever. The outlays w...