{"id":167233,"date":"2024-11-26T11:53:09","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T02:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=167233&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2024-11-26T11:54:25","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T02:54:25","slug":"kurume-emergency-inspection-finds-degraded-school-equipment","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kurume-emergency-inspection-finds-degraded-school-equipment\/","title":{"rendered":"Kurume Emergency Inspection Finds Degraded School Equipment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following an accident at a Kurume elementary school where a child fell from a rusty metal structure and suffered a spinal injury, emergency inspections at all municipal schools found 39 pieces of equipment across 19 schools to be deteriorated. The city has suspended their use. Mayor Haraguchi apologized to affected families and pledged to enhance safety checks to prevent future incidents. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20241125\/5010026305.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-school-equipment_2024_cl-e1732589630999.jpg?resize=1362%2C774&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kurume Emergency Inspection Finds Degraded School Equipment\" width=\"1362\" height=\"774\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-167219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fnn_kurume-school-equipment_2024_cl-e1732589630999.jpg?w=1362&amp;ssl=1 1362w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fnn_kurume-school-equipment_2024_cl-e1732589630999.jpg?resize=300%2C170&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fnn_kurume-school-equipment_2024_cl-e1732589630999.jpg?resize=1024%2C582&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fnn_kurume-school-equipment_2024_cl-e1732589630999.jpg?resize=768%2C436&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>Following an accident at a Kurume elementary school where a child fell from a rusty metal structure and suffered a spinal injury&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":167227,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-167233","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kurume","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/167233","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=167233"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}