{"id":173655,"date":"2025-10-15T13:27:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T04:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=173655&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-10-15T13:27:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T04:27:33","slug":"fukuoka-hospitals-offer-weekend-breast-cancer-screenings","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-hospitals-offer-weekend-breast-cancer-screenings\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka Hospitals Offer Weekend Breast Cancer Screenings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As part of \u201cPink Ribbon Month,\u201d 29 hospitals across Fukuoka Prefecture are offering weekend breast cancer screenings to encourage early detection. Breast cancer is Japan\u2019s most common cancer among women, affecting one in nine. Screening rates in Fukuoka remain below the national average, and hospitals in Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, and Kurume are encouraging women to make appointments through the Japan Mammography Sunday website. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jms-pinkribbon.com\/40fkok.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Japan Mammography Sunday<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_173669\" style=\"width: 1410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-173669\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_pink-ribbon-unsplash_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C931&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"931\" class=\"size-full wp-image-173669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_pink-ribbon-unsplash_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_pink-ribbon-unsplash_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_pink-ribbon-unsplash_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C681&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_pink-ribbon-unsplash_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-173669\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Angiola Harry on Unsplash<\/p><\/div>\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>As part of \u201cPink Ribbon Month,\u201d 29 hospitals across Fukuoka Prefecture are offering weekend breast cancer screenings&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":173669,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-173655","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\/173655","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=173655"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}