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Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament Return Confirmed
The Kyushu Basho will return this year. A year after canceling its 2020 tournament due to the pandemic, five representatives of the Nihon Sumo Kyokai visited Fukuoka City Hall to p...
Fukuoka Marathon 2021 To Be Held Online
Fukuoka City will hold the Fukuoka Marathon 2021 online between Nov. 11 ~ 27. The two-week event will use a GPS-based jogging application, Tatta, and allows runners to complete the...
Kyuden Announces New Avispa Support Package
Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc. announced a new plan to gather support for Fukuoka’s professional soccer team, Avispa. The ‘Avispa Support Plan’ allows customers to make monthly do...
Two Gold Medalists From Fukuoka
Two Paralympians from Fukuoka won gold medals at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Misato Michishita, living in Dazaifu City, won the women’s marathon race for visually impaired competit...
Fukuoka FINA Swimming Tournament Seeks Volunteers
Volunteering members for the FINA World Championships 2022 Fukuoka wanted! The May 2020 event seeks 5,000~6,000 persons who can support the tournament's operation in the venues and...
Kitakyushu Marathon Applications Begin
Registration for the Kitakyushu Marathon 2022 will open today, September 1. The event seeks 11,000 runners for the main competition and 300 runners for the pair-relay race. This re...
Hawks to Allow Double Vaccinated Fans Into Dome
In response to the state of emergency declared in Fukuoka Prefecture, Fukuoka Softbank Hawks are currently playing home games without spectators. However, for the four games from t...
News Rooftop Sports To Open in Hakata
A new sports facility will open in the spring of 2022 on the rooftop of Mitsui Shopping Park Lalaport Fukuoka. The 10,000-m2 facility in Hakata Ward features Kyushu’s first ‘MIFA F...
Official Crowdfunding Project To Support Local Athletes
A crowdfunding program to support athletes related to Fukuoka Prefecture began in Jul. 1. Operated by the 2020-established sports promotion foundation, Fukuoka Sports, the fundrais...
Three Hawks Players Join Japan’s Olympic Team
Samurai Japan announced the inclusion of three Softbank Hawks players to its Tokyo 2020 team. Takuya Kai (catcher/uniform number 10,) Yuki Yanagita (outfielder/uniform number 9,) ...