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Jun 20, 2015 Local News
Wakeboard Park To Open On Lake Nagayu, Oita
Fukuoka-based gemstone and jewelry chain Stone Market has announced plans to open Oita Lake Nagayu Stone Wake Park.There will be an opening ceremony on June 27 and grand opening on...
Jun 10, 2015 Local News
Rick VandenHurk Slated To Pitch For Softbank Hawks This Saturday
Fukuoka Softbank Hawks right-handed pitcher Rick VandenHurk could get his first start of the season against the Hiroshima Carp on June 14, the final day of interleague play. Vanden...
Jun 2, 2015 Local News
New Kitakyushu Soccer Stadium To Get More Roofs
Kitakyushu City has officially announced that it will add roofs over the goal-end stands of the Kitakyushu Stadium currently under construction to the north of JR Kokura Station. T...
May 21, 2015 Local News
Hawks Pitcher, Edison Barrios, Tied For Record Holds
Fukuoka Softbank Hawks pitcher, Edison Barrios took to the mound at Yahuoku! Dome in Fukuoka in the 8th inning in the game against the Orix Buffaloes on May 20th. He retired the ba...
Apr 15, 2015 Local News
Fukuoka Marathon to Highlight Runner’s Names
The executive committee of Fukuoka Marathon 2015 announced runners will wear new number tags with their names in very large typeface. The purpose of this change is to make it easy ...
Mar 24, 2015 Local News
Impact Of Rugby World Cup Predicted To Be ¥35 Billion
The Kyushu Branch of the Development Bank of Japan estimates that World Rugby Cup 2019, a portion of whose games will be hosted in the cities of Fukuoka, Oita and Kumamoto, will ha...
Mar 5, 2015 Local News
This Year’s Fukuoka Marathon Set For Nov. 8
On Feb. 26 the Fukuoka Marathon Organizing Committee announced that this year’s Fukuoka Marathon will be held on Saturday, Nov. 8. Hosted by the cities of Fukuoka and Itoshima and ...
Mar 2, 2015 Local News
Fukuoka Selected To Host Rugby World Cup In 2019
Fukuoka Selected To Host World Cup Rugby In 2019 ::: The organising body for the Rugby World Cup announced today in Dublin, Ireland, that Fukuoka City was selected as one of twelve...
Feb 28, 2015 Local News
Yafuoku Dome Unveils Premium Suite
On Feb. 23, Softbank unveiled its new Hawks Premium Suites at Yafuoku Dome. The suites, which were created by renovating some of the Super Boxes located in the upper floors of the ...
Feb 8, 2015 Local News
Hawks Add Dutch Pitcher Rick VandenHurk
On Jan. 30, the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks held a press conference at Yafuoku Dome to introduce their latest foreign player. Rick VandenHurk, a 29-year old righty from the Netherlands,...