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Jun 1, 2006Now Reports
Aisukurimu!
With the hot weather already here but public pools not officially open 'til July 1st, everyone's going to need a way to cool down that's more accessible than a dip in the sea. Than...
Jun 1, 2006Now Reports
Summer of Soccer
Since 2000, F.G.U. has been helping foreigners combat their soccer withdrawal symptoms.
May 1, 2006Now Reports
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...
May 1, 2006Now Reports
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...
Apr 1, 2006Now Reports
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...
Apr 1, 2006Now Reports
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...
Mar 1, 2006Now Reports
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.
Mar 1, 2006Now Reports
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
Feb 1, 2006Now Reports
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...
Feb 1, 2006Now Reports
The Sound of Muzak
Shakespeare’s Orsino muses, “If music be the food of love, play on”. Byron claimed that “there’s music in all things if men had ears” to hear it...