{"id":170757,"date":"2025-05-01T11:58:05","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T02:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=170757&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-05-01T11:58:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T02:58:05","slug":"keyaki-dori-group-wins-pm-greening-award","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/keyaki-dori-group-wins-pm-greening-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Keyaki-Dori Group Wins PM Greening Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Keyaki-Dori Development Association, chaired by Books Kubrick owner Minoru Oi, has received the Prime Minister\u2019s Award for Excellence in Promoting Urban Greening at the 19th Midori Ceremony held in Tokyo. The honor recognizes over 30 years of sustained efforts including tree planting, floral displays, and community clean-up initiatives along Fukuoka\u2019s Keyaki-Dori. The award ceremony, attended by top government officials and Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress, acknowledged the group\u2019s contribution to landscape preservation and environmental awareness. Oi also participated in a post-ceremony audience with the Imperial couple to explain the group\u2019s initiatives. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DJD9AymSkUC\/?img_index=1\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Books Kubrick<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-170739\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_keyaki-dori_2025_WEB.jpeg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Keyaki-Dori Group Wins PM Greening Award\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_keyaki-dori_2025_WEB.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_keyaki-dori_2025_WEB.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_keyaki-dori_2025_WEB.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_keyaki-dori_2025_WEB.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&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>The Keyaki-Dori Development Association, chaired by Books Kubrick owner Minoru Oi, has received the Prime Minister\u2019s Award for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":170746,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-170757","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-chuo-ku","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/170757","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=170757"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}