Wednesday, January 21, 2026
We would like to introduce an article (dated January 21st) published on the Kita Sorachi Shimbun, an internet site operated by the Kita Sorachi Shimbun Company (Fukagawa City), entitled "Employees dispatched to various industries to secure workers: 'Specific Regional Development Business Cooperative' launched in Hokuryu, the first in the Sorachi region."
![To secure workers, Hokuryu launches "Specific Regional Development Business Cooperative Association," the first of its kind in the Sorachi region. [Kita Sorachi Shimbun]](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2026-01-21-10.34.19.jpg)
◇
![Hokuryu Town distributes gift certificates worth 26,000 yen to each resident [Hokkaido Shimbun Digital]](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2026-01-21-6.43.32-375x259.jpg)
![#6 Naoki Kishi | I want to continue watching over the place where children can "develop themselves" through Kendama [Around the Sunflowers] Your story living in this town](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2026-01-22-8.23.59-375x233.jpg)