New Hawks Baseball Park in Chikugo Opened
On Mar. 15, Hawks Baseball Park Chikugo was both completed and unveiled. It’s hoped the new facility will be a place where families and friends can gather and spend time together. ...
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New Hawks Baseball Park in Chikugo Opened
On Mar. 15, Hawks Baseball Park Chikugo was both completed and unveiled. It’s hoped the new facility will be a place where families and friends can gather and spend time together. ...
Hawks Players Exchanged Cash Based on Team Wins
On Mar. 16, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks announced that its players have been in involved in exchanging money based on team victories. It’s the fourth club to make such an announceme...
Fukuoka Marathon to Increase Runner Capacity and Add Foreigner Slot
The third Fukuoka Marathon will take place on Nov. 13 (Sun.) in Fukuoka City and Itoshima City. This year, the number of runners allowed to compete has been increased from 10,000 t...
Fukuoka To Host America’s Cup World Series Race
According to a report in The Japan Times, Japan will play host to an America’s Cup World Series race for the first time ever – with the final race of the 2016 campaign to be ...
SoftBank Hawks Slogan Remains the Same: Atsuo (Hot Men!)
On Jan. 26, the SoftBank Hawks announced that their slogan for the upcoming season will be… drum role! “Atsuo” (literally ‘hot men’) - the same as last year’s slogan. SoftBank mana...
Fukuoka Hawks Hero Lee Dae-Ho Signs with Seattle Mariners
Korean-born SoftBank Hawks slugger Lee Dae-Ho has officially announced that he will move to the USA to continue his career in the minor leagues of MLB. On Feb. 3, he signed with t...
Fukuoka Awarded the 2021 International International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Aquatics Championships
The announcement were made by FINA President Julio Maglione following a Bureau meeting in the morning of January 31 in Budapest , Hungary. Fukuoka, previoulsy hosted the event in ...
Fukuoka-born Wrestler Kotoshogiku Wins Sumo Tournament
Fukuoka Prefecture, Yanagawa native, Kotoshoguku just won the January Grand Sumo Tournament! Congratulations!!!The First Japanese to win a tournament in 10 years!
Higashi Fukuoka High School National Soccer & Volleyball Champions
This all-boys school has given Fukuoka two reasons to celebrate! On Monday, Higashi Fukuoka High School’s soccer team won the 94th All Japan High School Soccer Tournament. This is ...
SoftBank Hawks Star Player Matsuda to Stay
Free agent third baseman Nobuhiro Matsuda has elected to remain in Japan and re-sign with the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks. It is rumored he will receive an estimated ¥1.6 billion over f...