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Theater Review: Yukio Suzuki’s ‘Volatile Body Theory’ (揮発性身体論)

Yukio Suzuki’s ‘Volatile Body Theory’ (揮発性身体論) at Edamitsu Theatre Festival: Review Review by Matt Perkins, (Nov. 2012) Once a year the Edamitsu Iron Theatre, a small community the...

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Time to Say Goodbye

I am going to write some words I never thought I’d write: Of all the places I’ve ever left, Fukuoka is by far the most recent. After 16 years in Fukuoka, 19 in Japan, and 20 in Asi...

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Special: AIDS Day 2012 in Fukuoka

For the past eight years, the number of cases of HIV and AIDS has been over 1,000 per year. In Fukuoka City there were 32 cases of HIV infection including cases of AIDS a combined ...

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RIZING Home Game Schedule

Let’s go and support RIZING Fukuoka at their home games this season! RIZING are Fukuoka’s professional basketball team, playing in the Western Conference of the BJ league. Join the...

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Eat Hakata-style in New York City

On the coast of Kyushu Island in southwestern Japan lies the city of Fukuoka. This cosmopolitan metropolis features the modern architecture of Rem Koolhaas and Michael Graves, nume...

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The Ups and Downs of Office Life

How often have you seen it happen? The boss blurts out something completely wrong, and the employees smile and offer no objection. Perhaps you yourself, as a foreign guest, have be...

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7,000th Facebook Fan Giveaway!

Fukuoka Now’s facebook page is close to hitting another milestone- 7,000 fans! With just 18 “likes” away from the big 7-0-0-0, we’ve decided to run a little competition to say than...

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Forking Out to Make Nuclear Power History

It has been 18 months since the horrific live broadcast of the Fukushima Daichii Nuclear Power Plant reactors explosion wreaked fear and dread throughout Japan. Visions of Chernoby...

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