{"id":156764,"date":"2023-09-13T14:42:54","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T05:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=156764&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2023-09-13T14:42:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T05:42:54","slug":"fukuoka-celebrates-943-centenarian","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-celebrates-943-centenarian\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka Celebrates 943 Centenarian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fukuoka City will honor 943 residents aged 100 or older on Senior Citizens&#8217; Day, September 15th. The majority of these centenarians are women, with 851 females and 92 males. One featured resident is 100-year-old Shinjiro Ishida, who has led a remarkable life including wartime service and contributions to post-war Japan. The city is also giving catalog gifts to 458 residents who will turn 100 this year as part of the celebrations. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.city.fukuoka.lg.jp\/data\/open\/cnt\/3\/113706\/1\/ip_0915rouzinnohi.pdf?20230912153749\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fukuoka City<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.jp\/news\/article.php?id=10838447&#038;ymd=2023-09-12\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KBC<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/fnn_fukuoka-city-100-years-old-people-kbc_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C788&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fukuoka Celebrates 943 Centenarian\" width=\"1400\" height=\"788\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-156767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/fnn_fukuoka-city-100-years-old-people-kbc_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/fnn_fukuoka-city-100-years-old-people-kbc_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/fnn_fukuoka-city-100-years-old-people-kbc_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/fnn_fukuoka-city-100-years-old-people-kbc_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &#038; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <a href=https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/>free weekly newsletter<\/a> today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <a href=https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/>The Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <a href=https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/>this <b>form<\/b>.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fukuoka City will honor 943 residents aged 100 or older on Senior Citizens&#8217; Day, September 15th. The majority of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30040,"featured_media":156768,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-156764","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-city","news-category-society","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/156764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30040"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156764"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}