Hawks’ Series Victory Boosts Sales
Kyushu’s department stores conducted special sales in October and November to celebrate the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks’ victory in the Japan Series. The results of those sales have now...
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Saibu Gas to Sponsor Baseball Team
Fukuoka City-based gas company Saibu Gas announced it will sponsor a team in the Japan Amateur Baseball Association starting in April. They already have begun scouting for players ...
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Lawson Farm Oita Ships Tomatoes
Lawson Farm Oita, an agricultural production company created by convenience store chain Lawson’s, has begun selling the tomatoes it has grown in the prefecture to the 42 of the 142...
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Trial Co. to Establish Presence in China
Fukuoka City-based discount store operator Trial Co. announced plans to open their first outlet in China in 2012. Combined with the 10 they already have in South Korea, the company...
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Sharp Rise in Overseas Companies with Regional Offices
The Kyushu Economic Research Center has released the results of its survey of foreign capital-affiliated firms with offices in the seven Kyushu prefectures, Okinawa Prefecture, and...
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Approval Nearing for Construction Work on Shinkansen
The ruling Democratic Party of Japan will ask the Cabinet to approve construction on three sections of the Shinkansen, one of which is the western leg of the Kyushu Shinkansen from...
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Shinkansen Provides 26.3 Billion Yen in Economic Windfall to Kagoshima
The Kagoshima Regional Economic Research Institute released the results of their study showing that the opening of the Kyushu Shinkansen this year has resulted in an economic benef...
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Plenus Tops Food Service Industry for Eighth Strait Year
The Fukuoka branch of Teikoku Databank released its ranking of Kyushu/Okinawa companies in the food service industry by sales. The leading company for the eighth straight year was ...
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Few Companies Hiring Foreign Students
The Fukuoka Employers’ Association released the results of its questionnaire survey on the hiring practices of local companies, in which only 12% of the respondents said they made ...
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Shortage of Prison Doctors in Kyushu
Research by the Nishinippon Shimbun reveals that five of Kyushu’s 11 prisons and detention centers lack a sufficient number of doctors for the number of inmates. The prisons in Isa...