Niji no Matsubara to be Revived with Nuclear Power Plant Funds
Concerns are growing about the deciduous trees growing in Karatsu’s Niji-no-Matsubara, designated as a scenic attraction by the national government and one of the three most famous...
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Sasebo Plans on Issuing Shopping Coupons
In an effort to boost local consumption and promote retail business, the city of Sasebo plans to issue shopping coupons. The impetus will be the stimulus package that the national ...
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Tax Revenue Shortfall for Six Regional Prefectures
A Kyodo news agency questionnaire on prefectural tax revenues for business year 2008 shows that 40 prefectures nationwide will not have as much revenue from taxes as they anticipat...
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Kyushu Ryukoku Junior College Offers Video and Broadcast Course
The Kyushu Ryukoku Junior College of Tosu, Saga Prefecture, became the first junior college in Kyushu to offer a course in video and broadcasting 10 months ago. The 12 students in ...
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Six Universities Form Consortium
The University of Kitakyushu, Shimonoseki University, and four other universities in the Kanmon Strait area have formed University Consortium Kanmon for educational and regional ex...
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Fukuoka Case Highlights Underground Market for Religious Corporations
Fukuoka Prefecture police continue to investigate the takeover of a Buddhist temple in Fukuoka City, which has exposed some of the underground transactions involving the purchase a...
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Fukuoka Companies Report Excess Number of Employees
A survey conducted by the Fukuoka Prefecture Employers’ Association from mid-October to mid-November reveals that 34.2% of the 131 companies that responded say they have too many e...
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One-Third of Primary Kyushu Companies to Cut Capital Investments
The Kyushu Branch of the Development Bank of Japan revealed the results of an emergency survey it conducted of 224 Kyushu companies. They report that 32% of the surveyed companies ...
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Negative Growth Predicted for Kyushu in 2009
The Fukuoka City-based Kyushu Economic Research Center issued a forecast calling for -1.8 % real economic growth in the Kyushu-Okinawa region in FY 2009. The center also revised do...
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Remaining Sleeper Express Trains to be Eliminated
JR Kyushu announced it will eliminate the remaining limited express sleeper trains it operates between the region and Tokyo next March. These are the Fuji, from Oita, and the Hayab...