{"id":141884,"date":"2021-08-05T17:34:14","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T08:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=141884&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2021-08-05T17:34:14","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T08:34:14","slug":"itoda-town-hires-an-american","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/itoda-town-hires-an-american\/","title":{"rendered":"Itoda Town Hires An American"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Itoda Town became the first municipality in Japan to welcome a community-reactivating cooperator squad member from overseas. Twenty-one-year-old Mai Sugio graduated from California University and remotely applied to the job position from the U.S. The quadrilingual woman is eager to internationally promote the charms of Itoda town in the next three years.<\/span> <b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/mainichi.jp\/articles\/20210803\/ddl\/k40\/040\/306000c\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mainichi<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itodaokoshi\/posts\/355924969370877\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Official facebook<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-141885\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/itoda-mai-soeda-machi.jpeg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/itoda-mai-soeda-machi.jpeg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/itoda-mai-soeda-machi.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/itoda-mai-soeda-machi.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/itoda-mai-soeda-machi.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Disclaimer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Fukuoka Now posts summaries of Kyushu area news for those who cannot read Japanese. 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