Fukui dinosaur museum renovation to spark roaring trade

A dinosaur museum in Fukui Prefecture is set to receive a 9.4 billion yen ($86 million) facelift as the local government in the region known as Japan's fossil epicenter looks to boost visitor numbers by 50 percent.Renovations at the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum are to be completed by 2023 with enlarged exhibition spaces set to make what is already Japan's largest dinosaur museum even larger.The facility currently displays about 41,000 items in its 15,000-square-meter floor space, according to the prefecture.More than 80 percent of dinosaur fossils discovered in Japan are dug up in the …READ FULL ARTICLE