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Excluding the governor of Nagasaki Prefecture, the average income for the other six Kyushu governors in 2009 was 20.99 million yen. The highest income was earned by Miyazaki Prefecture Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru at 45.41 million yen. He was followed by Wataru Aso of Fukuoka Prefecture at 22.46 million yen. The income of five of the governors fell from the previous year, including that of Saga Prefecture Gov. Yasushi Furukawa, who took a 15% monthly pay cut as part of a program to restructure the prefecture’s finances.