The ambitious TheaterWorks project premiered in Tokyo on September 9 and will tour Osaka and Fukuoka.

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This was the second time Japan had hosted the festival, the first being in Fukuoka in 2002.

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"The Japanese voter acts on sentiment when it comes to somebody's illness or death, " says Fukuoka Masayuki, a popular political commentator.

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He is the only person to win six gold medals at a single world championship, at the 2001 World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.

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Two months after that, she followed up by winning her eighth straight title in her class at the International Women's Judo Championship in Fukuoka.

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Many foreigners asked about the well-being of their Japanese friends, even if their friends were based in Okinawa or Fukuoka, several hundreds of miles from the dangerous quake zone.

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Shoppers could spend a fortune on the finest shade-grown green tea from Fukuoka and seasonally-themed wagashi (traditional Japanese sweets), or simply roam the maze of shops for a feast of the visual variety.

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At a press conference in Fukuoka, Japan, aid group officials said they had received a call from one of their members saying that Ito's body had been found and that he had been shot.

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