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Two city of Fukuoka and Kitakyushu adjoin each other in Fukuoka Prefecture. The two cities had grown steadily into nucleus cities until 1970s. However, nowdays, the two cities show differences about economic strategy and urban regeneration, especially, these cities are showing exact opposite population change. This study, above all, is descriptive of the population change between the two cities. Then, this study supposes that there are two causes in population change. Firstly, there is a differences of the two cities in policy. The policy of the two cities is divided into ‘Culture based policy’ and ‘Technology based policy’. Secondly, there is awareness changes of young people. Japanese youths no more put a bigger emphasis on money in life. They put high value on enjoying cultural life instead of chasing money. Accordingly, Japanese youths tend to move to cities which are culturally advanced and provide a better condition for their living. Thus, this research deduces that two causes are providing a strong synergy effect on population change between two cities, then, derives the importance of cultural policy and implications.