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Softbank Hawks Launch Multilingual Game Highlight Stream
Softbank Hawks plans to stream game highlights of the regular season in English, Chinese (traditional) and Korean. Beginning on September 19, the baseball team will post twenty-two...
Fiji-native Joins Fukuoka Rugby Team
Fukuoka-based female rugby team, Nanaimo Prism, welcomes Mateitoga Bogidrau Mainadevi from Fiji. The 36-year old athlete belonged to Saitama Driving School as a rugby player and pl...
Kyushu Sumo Basho Relocated to Tokyo for 2020
The Nihon Sumo Kyokai announced the relocation of the all Kyushu Basho matches to Tokyo. While the association announced the resumption of admitting live audiences to Ryogoku Kokug...
Kyushu Sangyo University Unveils Large High Tech Sports Arena
Kyushu Sangyo University unveiled its new gymnasium, Okusu Arena 2020, to the media on July 9. The high-tech arena is equipped with thirty ceiling cameras that can provide video an...
Rugby World Cup Created 15.4 billion in Economic Benefit for Fukuoka Prefecture
According to a report by Japan Rugby Football Union, the games of Rugby World Cup 2019 created an economic impact of ¥15.4 billion in Fukuoka Prefecture. The benefit totaled ¥48.2 ...
Fans to Return to Watch Live Softbank Hawks Baseball
After the Nippon Professional Baseball league decided to allow live audiences in for games on July 10 and later, detailed guidelines for watching games at PayPay Dome were announce...
Live Professional Sports Returns To Kyushu
Softbank Hawks announced an updated VR service for fans to enjoy non-audience games. It newly introduces a view from the ‘Coca Cola Seat’ inside the PayPay Dome to give a more real...
Fukuoka Native Rugby Player Named Fukuoka Gives Up Olympics
Kenki Fukuoka, a Fukuoka-native (Koga City) rugby player, decided to give up his chance to play in the postponed games for Tokyo Olympics and pursue his dream to become a medical d...
New Forest Adventure Park to Open in Yoshinogari, Saga Prefecture
A new outdoor forest adventure facility will open in the Yoshinogari area of Saga Prefecture on April 23. Adventure Valley Saga features a wide variety of exciting activities to be...
FINA World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka to be Rescheduled
FINA is considering to reschedule the 19th FINA World Swimming Championships planned for July 2021 in Fukuoka. Related to the recent announcement by the IOC to postpone the Tokyo 2...