Higashikokubaru Mulling Diet Run?
Popular Miyazaki Prefecture Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru, a former comedian, continued to fuel speculation that he may be considering a bid for a Diet seat in the lower house electio...
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Insurance Premiums to Rise in Seven Regional Prefectures
The Japan Health Insurance Association, which handles the insurance for the employees of small and medium-sized businesses and their families, has formally set the insurance premiu...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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Unlimited Travel Tickets to Seniors
Starting April 1, JR Kyushu will offer additional features for what it calls Active 65 tickets to those aged 65 and older. The tickets, which have been sold since last November, of...
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Kamimine-cho Elects Nation’s Youngest CMO
In a runoff election held on March 22, the voters of Kamimine-cho, Saga Prefecture, chose Yuhei Takehiro as their new chief municipal officer. Takehiro, a former aide in the upper ...
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Governor to Support Expansion of Airport
Fukuoka Airport will soon reach the limit of its capacity, and there has been a debate about whether to add an additional runway or to build a new airport. The Nishinippon Shimbun ...