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Summer of Soccer

Since 2000, F.G.U. has been helping foreigners combat their soccer withdrawal symptoms.

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Building Bridges With Chopsticks

What makes it so hard for cultures to communicate? This past winter, in the days following the Danish caricatures of the prophet Muhammad, which engendered fury and violence in som...

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Golf for Everyone

Stick + Ball + Hole = Fun! Golf was introduced as early as the 15th century, when the Scottish used a wooden stick-like device to knock a pebble around a mecca of sand dunes and va...

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Feeling Fruity

Fruit is actually quite tasty, it comes in all shapes and sizes, and some fruits even have funny names. Take the kumquat, cempedak and calabash for example. In these cases it's mor...

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Art in Fukuoka

You may not realize it, but your very own Fukuoka has for some time been home to a thriving contemporary art scene comprised of local artists, gallery spaces and curators that oper...

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Fukuoka Quake 2005 – Revisited

On the anniversary of the biggest earthquake to hit Fukuoka in 200 years, we look back and offer tips for preparedness.

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No Discrimination

Did you know that March 21st is International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination? With that in mind, I would like to share this with you... by Joel Assogba

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Kabuki

In November 2005, Unesco designated the art of kabuki theater a 'Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritages of Humanity'. Kabuki hasn't always been so well respected, however...

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