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Aug 16, 2012 Local News
Hawk’s Kokubo Announces Retirement
Tuesday was a sad day for Fukuoka’s hometown baseball team and fans, as Softbank Hawks’ team captain Hiroki Kokubo announced his retirement from baseball. The professional baseball...
Aug 10, 2012 Local News
Fukuoka Home to New Sport ‘Basutabo’
A new sport has been created in Fukuoka which is similar to volleyball but teams of 4 are in pairs, and each pair has a bath towel to receive and push the ball over the net. There ...
Jun 25, 2012 Local News
Kokubo Records his 200th Hit
Hiroki Kokubo of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, registered his 2000th hit of his career on June 24.
