The 1896 Summer Olympics saw the birth of the modern marathon and the event led to the growth of road running competitions through annual events such as the Boston Marathon ( first held in 1897 ) and the Lake Biwa Marathon and Fukuoka Marathons, which were established in the 1940s.

* Fukuoka Marathon, an international marathon race established in 1947 held in Fukuoka, Japan

* Itō Kunimitsu, a retired Japanese long-distance runner, who finished second in the 1981 edition of the Fukuoka Marathon

He set a marathon world best in the Fukuoka Marathon, Japan on 3 December 1967 in 2: 09: 36. 4, in what is considered a classic race, the first marathon race ever run in less than two hours and ten minutes.

De Castella first came to international attention when he won the 1981 Fukuoka Marathon in a time of 2: 08: 18, which was the fastest time recorded for an out-and-back course.

* 1981-won the Fukuoka Marathon in 2h 08 ' 18 " ( world record from 1981 to 1984 )

In 1977 he won the Fukuoka Marathon, making him the only runner ever to hold the championship of all three major marathons at the same time.

# 1975 Fukuoka Marathon ( 2: 11: 26 ) 3rd

* Fukuoka Marathon: 1 win

Seko's notable marathon wins include Fukuoka Marathon ( 1978 – 1980, 1983 ), Boston Marathon ( 1981, 1987 ), London Marathon ( 1986 ) and Chicago Marathon ( 1986 ).

The Fukuoka Marathon is the third-longest running competition of its type in Japan, being established two years after the Lake Biwa Marathon and one year after the Kochi Marathon.

After a fourth place finish at the Great North Run, his next marathon race came at the Fukuoka Marathon in Japan.

He was victorious at the Fukuoka Marathon in December, completing a solo run on the hot course to win in a time of 2: 08: 24.

In the Fukuoka Marathon in Japan in December 1968, Burfoot ran a personal best time of 2: 14: 28. 8, which was only one second from the American marathon record at the time.

* The service between Busan, South Korea and Fukuoka, Japan is operated by the two companies.

The main domestic hub is Tokyo International Airport ( Haneda Airport ), Asia's busiest airport and the world's 4th busiest airport ; other major traffic hubs include Osaka International Airport, New Chitose Airport outside Sapporo, and Fukuoka Airport.

Heavy industry is concentrated in the north around Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Nagasaki, and Oita and includes chemicals, automobiles, semiconductors, and metal processing.

** Japanese city of Omuta, Fukuoka is founded by Hiroushi Miruku

** The Nishitetsu Lions baseball club, part of the NPB's Pacific League, is sold to the Fukuoka Baseball Corporation, a subsidiary of Nishi-Nippon Railroad.

** Japan Airlines Flight 351, carrying 131 passengers and 7 crew from Tokyo to Fukuoka, is hijacked by Japanese Red Army members.

* In Japan, a 20 kilometer stone wall defending the coast of Hakata Bay in Fukuoka is completed ; it is built in response to the attempted invasion by the Yuan Dynasty in 1274.

* 1277 – In Japan, a 20 kilometer stone wall defending the coast of Hakata Bay in Fukuoka is completed ; it is built in response to the attempted invasion by the Yuan Dynasty in 1274.

It is a specialty of Kyushu, particularly Hakata-ku, Fukuoka ( hence sometimes called " Hakata ramen ").

It is also referred to as " the Fukuoka Method ", " the natural way of farming " or " Do-Nothing Farming ", despite being labor intensive.

In the international development of the organic farming movement, Fukuoka is considered to be amongst the " five giant personalities who inspired the movement " along with Austrian Rudolf Steiner, German-Swiss Hans Müller, Lady Eve Balfour in the United Kingdom and J. I.

This is because franchising does not have strong territorial requirements as in the Major Leagues ; the teams used to locate in clustered metropolitan areas in Japan's center ( Tokyo, Nagoya ) and south ( Osaka, Fukuoka ) areas.

There is another Tōgō shrine at Tsuyazaki, Fukuoka.

Masanobu Fukuoka started his pioneering research work in this domain in 1938, and began publishing in the 1970s his Fukuokan philosophy of " Do Nothing Farming ", which is now acknowledged by some as the tap root of the Permaculture movement.

The last two great kofun are the Imashirozuka kofun ( length: 190m ) of Osaka, which is believed by current scholars to be the tomb of Emperor Keitai, and the Iwatoyama kofun ( length: 135m ) of Fukuoka which was recorded in Fudoki of Chikugo to be the tomb of Iwai, the political archrival of Keitai.

Hirota was born in what is now part of Chūō-ku, Fukuoka city, Fukuoka Prefecture.

The capital is the city of Fukuoka.

JR West's highest-grossing line is the Sanyō Shinkansen high speed rail line between Osaka and Fukuoka.

JR West is now listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Nagoya Stock Exchange, Osaka Securities Exchange and the Fukuoka Stock Exchange.

While NTT is listed on Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, Sapporo, New York, and London stock exchanges, the Japanese government still owns roughly one-third of NTT's shares, regulated by the NTT Law.

It is bordered by the Ariake inland sea and the Amakusa archipelago to the west, Fukuoka Prefecture and Ōita Prefecture to the north, Miyazaki Prefecture to the east, and Kagoshima Prefecture to the south.

* Ninth World LC Championships, held in Fukuoka, Japan ( July 22 – July 29 )

Troyjo has been chosen one of " The Outstanding Young Persons of the World-TOYP " along with HM Queen Rania of Jordan and robotics scientist Takanori Shibata by the Junior Chamber International during its 2004 World Congress held in Fukuoka, Japan.

He directed the film Nishad, made in Hindi, which was completed in May 2002, and premiered in the Fukuoka International Film Festival held in September 2002 in Japan.

She also participated in her first ever FINA World Championships held in Fukuoka, Japan in the duet category where she placed 23rd with a score of 75. 931.

The, held in Fukuoka, Japan, is an international men's marathon race established in 1947.

The 1951 was the first of the race series to be held in Fukuoka.

The last race to be held outside of Fukuoka came in 1963, when a special pre-Olympic edition was held in Tokyo as a way of testing the marathon course for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

Hakata ( Nakasu Fukuoka ): Citizens are being held hostage by a high-ranking Gokudo-kai executive named.

He was held at Cabanatuan and later Fukuoka prison camps, and as a result of multiple illnesses and injuries, was not released from Tripler Army Medical Center in Hawaii until well into 1947.

The 2001 World Aquatics Championships or the 9th FINA World Swimming Championships were held in Fukuoka, Japan between 16 July and 29 July 2001.