{"id":180654,"date":"2026-10-29T10:28:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T01:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=180654&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-10-29T10:28:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T01:28:39","slug":"tanakas-gather-in-tenjin-for-a-surname-summit","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/tanakas-gather-in-tenjin-for-a-surname-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanakas gather in Tenjin for a surname summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>About 200 people gathered in Tenjin on Oct. 24 for the Tanaka Summit. Participants included people named Tanaka from around Japan and their friends. Organizers say Tanaka is Fukuoka Prefecture\u2019s most common surname, shared by about 95,000 residents. The gathering featured a lecture by a researcher studying the surname and opportunities to exchange business cards. Organizers hoped the shared name would help participants build new connections. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fnn.jp\/articles\/-\/1139241\" target=\"_blank\">TNC News<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.jp\/news\/article.php?id=18389744&#038;ymd=2026-10-24\" target=\"_blank\">KBC News<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_surname-tanaka-summit_2026_cl.jpg?resize=1388%2C770&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1388\" height=\"770\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-180655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_surname-tanaka-summit_2026_cl.jpg?w=1388&amp;ssl=1 1388w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_surname-tanaka-summit_2026_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C166&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_surname-tanaka-summit_2026_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C568&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_surname-tanaka-summit_2026_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C426&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto: KBC News<\/p>\n<p>Get Fukuoka and Kyushu\u2019s top stories delivered to your inbox. The Now is Fukuoka Now\u2019s free biweekly newsletter featuring local news, events, culture, business, and community updates in English. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\">Subscribe to The Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\">this <strong>form<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About 200 people gathered in Tenjin on Oct. 24 for the Tanaka Summit. Participants included people named Tanaka from around Japan and their friends. Organizers say Tanaka is Fukuoka Prefecture\u2019s most&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":180655,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-180654","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-chuo-ku","location-fukuoka-city","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/180654","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\/30292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180654"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}