Opening ceremony held for New Kitakyushu Airport

Opening ceremony held for New Kitakyushu Airport

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Some 600 people join the ceremony to mark the opening of the New Kitakyushu Airport in Fukuoka Prefecture on March 12. The airport which lies on the open sea of Suo off Kitakyushu, the second-largest city in the Kyushu region, is due to open for business on March 16.

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