{"id":140896,"date":"2021-06-03T10:42:35","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T01:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=140896&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2021-06-03T10:42:35","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T01:42:35","slug":"kitakyushu-woman-donated-one-hundred-million-yen-to-board-of-education","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kitakyushu-woman-donated-one-hundred-million-yen-to-board-of-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitakyushu Woman Donated One Hundred Million Yen to Board of Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kitakyushu City\u2019s board of education received a \u00a5100 million donation from a local woman who had passed away in March at the age of ninety-seven. Having had no children on her own, she created her last will, in which she asked for her assets to be used for local child education. The contribution was made by the administrator of her will in April.<\/span><b> Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.jp\/news\/article.php?id=7143777&amp;utm_content=uzou_1&amp;utm_source=uzou\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KBC<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mainichi.jp\/articles\/20210602\/ddl\/k40\/040\/293000c\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mainichi<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-140897\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/kitakyushu-city.jpeg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/kitakyushu-city.jpeg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/kitakyushu-city.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/kitakyushu-city.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/kitakyushu-city.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gururich-kitaq.com\/downloads\/photo-download?sf_paged=2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kitakyushu City Tourist site <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Disclaimer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Fukuoka Now posts summaries of Kyushu area news for those who cannot read Japanese. 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