The Least Useful Guide to Fukuoka

Another preventable accident has occurred today at a famous sporting event. 

During the Fukuoka International Marathon, a celebrated marathon race whose history can be traced back to 1947, a runner was hit by an event car and left with a fractured elbow bone.

As far as I know (or, as far as has been widely and openly reported to the public), this is the third case this year where a famous sporting or festive event has produced serious consequences: the first was the Yamagasa incident in which a man was run over by the float he was carrying, and the second was the aquathon race in July, during which a swimmer drowned. All these events were (supposed to be) supervised by experienced professionals. The participants had paid an entry fee, which is by no means cheap by my standard, assuming that the money they had paid would be spent (whether in part or in full) spent on safety measures, not knowing that they would be killed in the very event.

And again, as in the previous cases, the moment of the accident and, this time, even the name of the victim hasn't been revealed so far. 

After seeing a series of such events leaving such damages, I began to wonder: Do we still need such sporting or festive events that could kill their participants?