Tokyo-based MyNavi released its latest ranking of employers popular with fresh uni grads from the Kyushu/Okinawa region, and travel agent H.I.S. took the top spot for the first time since surveys began in 2013. MyNavi points to the success H.I.S. has had in turning around the Huis Ten Bosch theme park in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, for its jump in the rankings. The top 10 companies are as follows, with last year’s ranking in parentheses:
1 (3): H.I.S. (Tokyo)
2 (4): All Nippon Airlines (Tokyo)
2 (tie; 1): JR Kyushu (Fukuoka)
4 (9): Fukuoka Financial Group (Fukuoka)
5 (2): JTB Group
6 (6): Nishinippon City Bank (Fukuoka)
7 (8): Japan Airlines (Tokyo)
8 (5): I.K.K. (Imari, Saga)
9 (20): Nishinippon Railroad Co. (Fukuoka)
10 (17): Yaskawa (Kitakyushu)
Source: Nishinippon Shimbun 7/27