Josh Peppers Back with Rizing Fukuoka
High-scoring forward Josh Peppers has returned to the Rizing Fukuoka, the bj-league team he played for during the Kyushu franchise's inaugural season. Peppers, a University of Cent...
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Kenji Jōjima Retires
Professional baseball player Kenji Jōjima formerly of the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks will hold a press conference today to officially announce his retirement. He has been suffering fro...
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Fukuoka to Host 2013 World Baseball Classic Qualifier
Fukuoka City’s Fukuoka Dome will be the stage of Pool A’s first-round games in the 2013 World Baseball Classic (WBC) qualifier, Mar 2~6. Three of the four teams have been announced...
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Rizing’s New Player from USA
The Fukuoka Pro Basketball Club Co.,Ltd. has announced a new foreign player for Rizing Fukuoka. Reginald Warren (from Florida, USA) will join Rizing in the BJ league for the 2012-2...
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Fukuoka to Host Figure Skating GP Finals
Fukuoka City has officially been selected to host the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final competition. The GP finals will be held at Marine Messe Fukuoka between 12/5~8, 2013. M...
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Kagoshima High School Student Sets World Record in 200 Meter Breaststroke
Akihiro Yamaguchi, a third-year high school student in Kagoshima Prefecture, set a new world’s record for the men’s 200-meter breaststroke at the National Games in Gifu. His time o...
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Popular Fukuoka Sumo Wrestler to Marry
Kotoshogiku, the Ozeki ranked sumo wrestler from Yanagawa City, Fukuoka, has announced he will get married. The bride is from Saga. Source: Nishinippon Shimbun Sep 12
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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...
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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...
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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...
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