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Fukuda receives flowering plum bonsai from shrine's 'Plum Mission'

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda receives two pots of blossoming plum bonsai at the Prime Minister's Office on Feb. 6 from members of the ''Plum Mission'' of Tenmangu shrine in Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture.

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Minivan plunges into Fukuoka pond after crash

DAZAIFU, Japan - Rescuers lift a minivan from a pond in Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture in the early hours of Dec. 25, 2010. The vehicle carrying an infant and eight teenagers collided with a car and fell into the pond late the previous night, killing five of the teens, the infant and the driver of the car.

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Japan, China, S. Korea vow to cooperate to fight credit crisis

DAZAIFU, Japan - (From L) Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso and South Korean President Lee Myung Bak shake hands after a press conference following their trilateral summit at Kyushu National Museum in Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Dec. 13. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan, China, S. Korea vow to cooperate to fight credit crisis

DAZAIFU, Japan - (From L) Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso and South Korean President Lee Myung Bak attend a press conference following their trilateral summit at Kyushu National Museum in Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Dec. 13. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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4 killed after car overturns, crashes into highway pillar

FUKUOKA, Japan - Four 18-year-old men were killed May 5 when their car, a sedan carrying six teenagers on a late-night drive, overturned and hit an expressway pillar on the median of a road in Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture, police said. The police suspect speeding may have caused the accident.

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Kyushu National Museum opens to public

DAZAIFU, Japan - A child plays with an Asian toy at the Kyushu National Museum in Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Oct. 16. The museum, Japan's fourth national museum, opened to the public the same day.

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Kyushu National Museum opens to public

DAZAIFU, Japan - The entrance hall of the Kyushu National Museum in Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture, is crowded with visitors on its opening day Oct. 16.

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Kyushu National Museum opens to public

DAZAIFU, Japan - The Kyushu National Museum in Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan's fourth national museum, opens to the public on Oct. 16.

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(2)Kyushu museum completed

DAZAIFU, Japan - A new Kyushu museum (top) was completed May 9 in Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture, in a ceremony involving about 400 people. The national museum will open in fall 2005 under the theme of how Japanese culture arose through exchange with other Asian countries. Dazaifu Shrine is seen below.