{"id":172582,"date":"2025-08-07T11:52:59","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T02:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=172582&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-08-07T11:52:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T02:52:59","slug":"mahathir-awarded-honorary-degree-kyushu-university","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/mahathir-awarded-honorary-degree-kyushu-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahathir Awarded Honorary Degree by Kyushu University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kyushu University granted former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad an honorary doctorate on August 6 in recognition of his contributions to academic and cultural exchange. At the ceremony in Fukuoka, Mahathir praised the university\u2019s hydrogen research and expressed hope for continued cooperation. In a lecture before the event, he called on youth to pursue peaceful conflict resolution in an increasingly divided world. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TunDrMahathir\/posts\/1339505697543287\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mahathir Mohamad official facebook<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-172580\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_kyudai-mahathir_2025_cl.jpeg?resize=1400%2C934&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_kyudai-mahathir_2025_cl.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_kyudai-mahathir_2025_cl.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_kyudai-mahathir_2025_cl.jpeg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_kyudai-mahathir_2025_cl.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&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>Kyushu University granted former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad an honorary doctorate on August 6 in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":172580,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-172582","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/172582","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=172582"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}