Kitakyushu City Council Reforms Net 120 Million Yen
The four main political groups of the Kitakyushu City Council have agreed on reforms that would reduce the remuneration and policy research allowances paid to council members. They...
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Kagoshima Prefecture Delegates Receive 50 Million Yen in Allowances without Receipts
The Kagoshima Prefecture Assembly has a rule that allows each delegate to receive a fixed amount of supplementary funds in the category of daily allowances, telephone tolls, and lo...
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Fukuoka Prefecture Council Research Funds Can Still Be Used to Hire Relatives
A controversy has erupted over the funds provided to Fukuoka Prefecture Council delegates for issue-related research, as there are growing numbers of instances in which delegates p...
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Fukuoka Cancels Chinese Bureaucrat Study Program
Due to recent tense relations between Japan and China, Fukuoka City announced on 9/18 that they will postpone plans to host 800 Chinese bureaucrats per year to study garbage dispos...
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Memo for Economic Exchange Signed with Thailand and Indonesia
An organization for the international promotion of the Kyushu economy formed by the Kyushu Economic Federation and Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade, and Industry has signed memorand...
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Busan Forum Postponed
The annual Fukuoka City-Busan Forum of leaders from industry, academia, and government in those two cities was to be held in Busan in the beginning of September this year, but has ...
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Japan-South Korean Forum Postponed
A Japan-South Korea Forum with participants from both countries scheduled to begin on the 29th in Fukuoka City with participants from both countries has been postponed at the reque...
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Kitakyushu to Outsource Nine Functions
Kitakyushu Mayor Kenji Kitahashi told a press conference that the city would accept the recommendations of a special commission and outsource nine municipal functions to the privat...
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Yamamoto Shigetaro Elected Yamaguchi Governor
The election for governor of Yamaguchi Prefecture to replace the retiring incumbent drew national attention as an unofficial referendum on nuclear power. One candidate, Tetsunari I...
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Ito Wins Third Term as Kagoshima Governor
Yuichiro Ito won his third term as governor of Kagoshima Prefecture, winning slightly more than 66% of the vote to defeat challenger Yoshitaka Mukohara. Mukohara tried to turn the ...
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