Fukuoka Prefecture faces the sea on three sides, bordering on Saga, Oita, and Kumamoto prefectures and facing Yamaguchi Prefecture across the Kanmon Straits.
Fukuoka includes the two largest cities on Kyushu, Fukuoka and Kitakyushu, and much of Kyushu's industry.
Ogori, Fukuoka -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Ogori, Fukuoka -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
Ogōri (小郡市; -shi) is a (A large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts) city located in (A city in southern Japan on Kyushu) Fukuoka, (A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building) Japan.
As of 2003, the city has an estimated ((statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn) population of 56,821 and the (The amount per unit size) density of 1,248.81 persons per (additional info and facts about km²) km².
DAI-ICHI SEIKO : History(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Fukuoka office (a sales office at the beginning) was opened, securing the sales and marketing base for overseas.
Ogori plant (KYUSYU PLANT at the beginning) was started for the purpose of assembly and production of hign precision molded plastics,stamping, and plating.
Intech, Ltd. (now in ONOJO and OGORI PLANT) was established for stamping,plating assembly of high precision mold-die and high precision molded plastics.
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Yamaguchi which is noted for its natural beauty, is the seat of the prefectural administration and is a center of education as well with many historic sites and cultural facilities.
Yamaguchi can be reached by train in six hours from Tokyo, in three hours from Osaka (Kansai International Airport) and in one hour from Fukuoka.
Airport (Fukuoka) --> Ogori Station (by high speed train about 40 minutes) (the hotel bus picks up you at Ogori Station) --> Yamaguchi-Ube (Yamaguchi Resort Center) (about 30 minutes).
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Ogori Municipal Offices to Open One Sunday a Month
The municipal offices of Ogori, Fukuoka Prefecture, will open on the third Sunday of every month in a trial starting this month to provide services for the citizens related to family registers, resident cards, income verification, and other matters.
The city is opening its offices on Sundays because 65% of the workers and students who live in Ogori commute daily to either FukuokaCity or Kurume and are unable to attend to these matters on a weekday.
He served as Prime Minister until 1979, when his ruling coalition fell apart.
• Yukichi Chuganji of Ogori, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, became the oldest man in Japan on 18 January 2000 and took the world record title on 4 January 2002 at the age of 112 years 288 days.
Yukichi is a retired silkworm breeder and lives on the southernmost Japanese island of Kyushu.
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He has helped his fellow man in every way he could.
The oldest person in the world is a retired silkworm breeder Yukichi Chugonji is 113 years old, born March 23, 1889, and lives in Ogori, Fukuoka Perfecture, Japan, according to the Guinness Book of Records 2003.
The oldest living person ever, according to the Guinness Book of Records, was Jeanne-Louise Calment, who lived for 122 years and 164 days.
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Dateline: FUKUOKA, Feb. 2 The world's oldest man is Japan's 112-year-old Yukichi Chuganji, who lives in Ogori, Fukuoka Prefecture, following the death of Antonio Todde, an Italian who held the title, in early January.
Chuganji was notified by the Guinness World Records in late January through the municipal government office that he has been recognized as the oldest man alive, said his daughter, Kyoko, 72, with whom he lives.
Today he surely holds the record for the longest-running columnist in any newspaper in America.
Yukichi Chuganji of Ogori, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, became the oldest man in Japan on 18 January 2000 and took the world record title on 4 January 2002 at the age of 112 years 288 days.
Yukichi, born March 23, 1889, is a retired silkworm breeder and lives on the southernmost Japanese island of Kyushu.
Oldest Man Alive Yukichi Chuganji of Ogori, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, became the oldest man in Japan on 18 January 2000 and took the world record title on 4 January 2002 at the age of 112 years 288 days.
WHO: Yukichi Chuganji WHEN: Born March 23, 1889 WHERE: Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan WHAT: 112 years 288 days
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