{"id":164432,"date":"2024-07-10T14:24:10","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T05:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=164432&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2024-07-10T14:24:10","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T05:24:10","slug":"fukuoka-university-and-economic-association-partner-to-boost-local-sports","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-university-and-economic-association-partner-to-boost-local-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka University and Economic Association Partner to Boost Local Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fukuoka University and the Fukuoka Economic Association have signed an agreement to promote local sports, including transitioning junior high school club activities to community-based sports. The partnership involves sending university students aiming to become teachers to local junior high schools as instructors. This initiative is part of broader efforts to revitalize local sports industries, including sports for the disabled and elderly, and sports medicine. Both parties expressed optimism about the collaboration, emphasizing the need for economic support and sustainable efforts. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-u.ac.jp\/press\/24\/07\/01151726.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fukuoka University <\/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\/2024\/07\/fnn_school-soccer-photoac_2024_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C884&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fukuoka University and Economic Association Partner to Boost Local Sports\" width=\"1400\" height=\"884\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-164426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/fnn_school-soccer-photoac_2024_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/fnn_school-soccer-photoac_2024_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C189&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/fnn_school-soccer-photoac_2024_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C647&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/fnn_school-soccer-photoac_2024_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C485&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo from Photo AC<\/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 University and the Fukuoka Economic Association have signed an agreement to promote local sports, including transitioning junior high school club&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30040,"featured_media":164428,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-164432","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-sports","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/164432","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=164432"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}