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Oct 25, 2013Now Reports
Domestic Violence (DV) Awareness Campaign
From Nov. 12 to Nov. 25, Fukuoka Prefecture is raising awareness about violence against women in the home. Don’t suffer alone.
Oct 25, 2013Now Reports
AIDS Day 2013 in Fukuoka
There were 1,002 cases of HIV infection and 447 cases of AIDS reported in Japan for the year 2012, for a combined total of 1,449 cases. For the past nine years, the number of cases...
Oct 20, 2013Now Reports
Hakata Tomyo Watching 2013 Report
Report and photos by Sarah Burne James for Fukuoka Now. With a few locations scribbled onto our crumpled map, and not quite sure what to expect, we wandered out of Hakata station t...
Oct 20, 2013Now Reports
Oktoberfest 2013 Report
Report and photos by Katie Forster for Fukuoka Now. On Saturday evening we headed to the opening weekend of Fukuoka’s yearly Oktoberfest in search of good beer and the possibility ...
Oct 11, 2013Now Reports
Studio Ghibli Layout Designs
This lunch hour, I had the very special pleasure of attending the opening of “Studio Ghibli Layout Designs: Understanding the Secrets of Takahata/Miyazaki Animation” at the Fukuoka...
Sep 27, 2013Now Reports
Are you taking Fukuoka for granted?
By the time this goes to press, I’ll be back in Japan after two months in rural USA. Being a freelancer, I go home every year for an extended period, and while I never really got t...
Sep 19, 2013Now Reports
Flying High with Yoshihide Muroya
On Sep. 4, Fukuoka Now’s Nick Szasz had the ride of his life with Japan’s top aerobatic pilot, Yoshihide Muroya (Red Bull Air Race World Championship Race Pilot 2009~10). The ten m...
Aug 30, 2013Now Reports
How about some more tolerance?
In Fukuoka, local high school students participate in campaigns to raise awareness of subway etiquette. Student posters are hung on the walls and messages are broadcast throughout ...
Aug 27, 2013Now Reports
Fukuoka ALT Board Game Group
Four friends on JET in Fukuoka launched a gaming group to let off some steam with fellow ALTs. Their members and 30-game selection both continue to grow and their next meeting is o...
Jul 30, 2013Now Reports
Hakata Gion Yamakasa 2013 – Report
It is shortly before 5am on Monday 15th July and I am stumbling, camera in sweaty hand, down a narrow street thronged with the bleary-eyed but visibly excited population of Fukuoka...