Trials of East Asian Transportation Smart Card to Begin
The Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport announced it will begin trial use in the new fiscal year of a smart card for use as a common railway ticket in Asia. Th...
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Starflyer Forms Business Agreement with Fukuyama Transporting
Kitakyushu-based airline Starflyer formally announced a business arrangement for air freight transport with Fukuyama Transporting Co. of Hiroshima Prefecture. They will start shipp...
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Saga Prefecture the Regional Leader in Information Disclosure
The Japan Citizen’s Ombudsman Association announced its rankings for 2008 for the degree of information disclosure by prefectural and other local governments. The most open p...
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Regional Companies Plan to Sustain Hiring Next Year
A Nishinippon Shimbun survey of 126 large companies in Kyushu and Yamaguchi Prefecture of their anticipated hiring in 2009 found that 101, or 80.1%, planned to hire either more emp...
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Large Percentage of Parents Borrow Money for Higher Education in Tokyo
A survey conducted by a federation of teachers’ unions for private universities in the Tokyo area found that 34.5% of parents in Kyushu borrowed money to defray the expenses ...
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Halt in Land Value Slide Seen for Prefectural Capitals
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport released its figures for land values nationwide this week, which show an improvement in the average rate of change for commercia...
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Prefectural Payments to Burakumin Educator Illegal, Court Rules Second Time
The Fukuoka High Court upheld a district court ruling that it was illegal for Fukuoka Prefecture to have paid the salary and travel expenses of a prefectural high school teacher, a...