{"id":167079,"date":"2024-11-21T17:37:24","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T08:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=167079&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2024-11-21T17:37:24","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T08:37:24","slug":"kurume-woman-donates-410-childrens-books","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kurume-woman-donates-410-childrens-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Kurume Woman Donates 410 Children&#8217;s Books Worth \u00a51M to Local Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kurume resident Yoshimi Kuma has donated 410 children\u2019s books worth \u00a51 million to Mizuma Library, adding to her ongoing efforts to promote reading among children. This brings her total donations to 1,500 books worth \u00a53.2 million. Inspired by her late husband\u2019s love for books, she began donating 14 years ago under the name &#8220;Kuma-san Library.&#8221; Kuma expressed her hope that children would read widely and grow into thoughtful, independent adults. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20241119\/5010026249.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/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\/11\/fnn_kurume-books-donate_2024_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C804&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kurume Woman Donates 410 Children&#039;s Books Worth \u00a51M to Local Library\" width=\"1400\" height=\"804\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-167085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fnn_kurume-books-donate_2024_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fnn_kurume-books-donate_2024_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C172&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fnn_kurume-books-donate_2024_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C588&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fnn_kurume-books-donate_2024_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C441&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kurume resident Yoshimi Kuma has donated 410 children\u2019s books worth \u00a51 million to Mizuma Library, adding to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":167090,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-167079","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kurume","news-category-others","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/167079","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\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167079"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}