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Mar 29, 2012

Kijima Koen Park to be Sold

The Morgan Stanley group, owners of the Kijima Koen Park leisure facility in Beppu, Oita Prefecture, announced their intention to sell the park and its hotel and golf course to a n...

Mar 29, 2012

Kyushu Companies Cutting Back on Hiring

A survey of the hiring plans for the spring 2013 by major regional companies by the Nishinippon Shimbun found that 24 of the 114 surveyed, or 21.1% of the total, said they would ei...

Mar 29, 2012

Softbank Group Buys Yahoo! Dome

The Softbank Group has purchased the Yahoo! Dome in Fukuoka City from GIC Real Estate of Singapore for 87 billion yen, it was learned. The stadium is the home park of the Fukuoka S...

Mar 29, 2012

Real Estate Bubble Growing in Hakata Station Area?

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport released its land price values for major metropolitan areas on the 22nd. This showed that the value of four properties near the...

Mar 29, 2012

Shinkansen Benefit to Kumamoto: 19.5 Billion Yen

The Distribution Economics Institute of Kumamoto Area (TRANSLATOR’S NOTE: This is how the name is written on their website), a Kumamoto City think tank, estimates that the benefit ...

Mar 29, 2012

JR Kyushu to Develop Rechargeable Battery Trains

JR Kyushu announced it will start work to develop trains powered by rechargeable battery packs as replacements for the diesel engine trains running on tracks without overhead power...

Mar 29, 2012

JR Kyushu Expects Highest Revenue on Record

JR Kyushu revealed that it anticipates revenue for FY 2011 to total 192.8 billion yen, exceeding their projections as the beginning of the year and a record high for the company. T...

Mar 29, 2012

Kyushu Ground Database Enhanced

The Kyushu branch of the Japanese Geotechnical Society completed the revision of its database on soil conditions and the ground in all the Kyushu prefectures, enabling a more detai...