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Sep 6, 2012 Local News
New Baseball Park to Attract Third Pro Team to Train in Miyazaki City
Miyazaki City will build a new baseball park at its facilities in the city to attract a third pro team to spring training after the Tokyo Yomiuri Giants and the Fukuoka Softbank Ha...
Aug 30, 2012 Local News
Olympic Athletes to Receive Prefecture Sports Awards
Fukuoka Prefecture Gov. Hiroshi Ogawa announced that two prefecture natives who won medals at the recent London Olympics will receive the prefecture sports award. They are Satomi S...
Aug 17, 2012 Local News
Record High Number Visit Regional Boat Races
The Kyushu Transport Bureau revealed the results for sales and turnout at the six boat racing sites in Kyushu and Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture for FY 2011. The number of vis...
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.
