{"id":171255,"date":"2025-05-28T17:09:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T08:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=171255&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-05-28T17:09:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T08:09:24","slug":"fukuoka-to-host-2028-world-table-tennis","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-to-host-2028-world-table-tennis\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka To Host 2028 World Table Tennis\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 2028 World Table Tennis Championships (team events) will be held in Fukuoka Prefecture, marking the tournament&#8217;s first appearance in Kyushu and the eighth time it will be hosted in Japan. The decision was made at the International Table Tennis Federation\u2019s annual meeting on May 27 in Doha.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukuoka secured the bid over competitors from China, Iraq, and Italy, following joint promotional efforts by the prefecture, prefectural assembly, and national and regional table tennis associations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Governor Hattori expressed a commitment to organizing a memorable tournament that welcomes international visitors and enhances Fukuoka\u2019s global profile. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pref.fukuoka.lg.jp\/press-release\/wttc2028fukuoka.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukuoka Prefecture<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-171247\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_table-tennis-unsplash_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C851&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fukuoka To Host 2028 World Table Tennis\u00a0\" width=\"1400\" height=\"851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_table-tennis-unsplash_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_table-tennis-unsplash_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C182&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_table-tennis-unsplash_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C622&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_table-tennis-unsplash_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C467&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Photo by<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inkiipow<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unsplash<\/span><\/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 2028 World Table Tennis Championships (team events) will be held in Fukuoka Prefecture, marking&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":171252,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-171255","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\/171255","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=171255"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}