{"id":168390,"date":"2025-01-15T13:30:38","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T04:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=168390&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-01-15T13:30:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T04:30:38","slug":"sagas-foreigner-support-organization-wins-national-award","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/sagas-foreigner-support-organization-wins-national-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Saga\u2019s Foreigner Support Organization Wins National Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saga Prefecture\u2019s SPIRA has won the Japan Foundation\u2019s &#8220;Global Citizen Award&#8221; for its efforts in multicultural coexistence. The group supports foreign residents with services such as medical interpreting, multilingual disaster aid, and a one-stop consultation center. Founded in 1990, SPIRA now serves over 10,000 foreign residents in Saga and plans to expand its support for families relocating to the region. The award ceremony will take place on February 19 in Tokyo. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheJapanfoundation\/posts\/908206578155308\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Japan Foundation Official Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-168384\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fnn_spira-jf_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C1400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Saga\u2019s Foreigner Support Organization Wins National Award\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fnn_spira-jf_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fnn_spira-jf_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fnn_spira-jf_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fnn_spira-jf_2025_cl.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fnn_spira-jf_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C768&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>Saga Prefecture\u2019s SPIRA has won the Japan Foundation\u2019s &#8220;Global Citizen Award&#8221; for its efforts in multicultural coexistence. The group supports foreign residents with&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":168387,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-168390","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-saga-prefecture","news-category-society","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/168390","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=168390"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}