Fukuoka City Council has approved its FY2025 budget, totaling over ¥1.1128 trillion—the largest in city history and exceeding ¥1 trillion for the fifth consecutive year. Key allocations include ¥4.08 billion to make school lunches free at public schools from the second term, part of expanded support for child-rearing households. The budget also earmarks ¥45 million to begin air-conditioning installations in all municipal school gymnasiums used as evacuation centers, to be completed by FY2027.
Additional funds include ¥290 million for greening underground spaces at Tenjin, Hakata, and Fukuoka Airport subway stations; ¥210 million for planning a new exhibition space for the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum at the former Kego Park underground parking site; ¥48 million for an archaeological survey to determine whether Fukuoka Castle ever had a tenshukaku (main keep); and ¥10 million to explore redevelopment plans for Hakata Port’s central pier after the withdrawal of the Queen Beetle ferry service. Source: Fukuoka City
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