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It is mainly financed by the furusato nozei hometown donation system — in which people donate money to specific municipalities other than their own place of residence in exchange for gifts and a ...

The central government is accelerating the construction of Naka-Kyushu Odan Road (trans-mid-Kyushu highway), which will connect the northern part of Kumamoto City with Oita City. The Kumamoto ...

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