{"id":133676,"date":"2020-07-16T10:06:41","date_gmt":"2020-07-16T01:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=133676&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2020-07-16T10:06:41","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T01:06:41","slug":"fukuoka-city-designated-special-region-for-global-startups","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-city-designated-special-region-for-global-startups\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka City Designated Special Region for Global Startups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On July 14, Fukuoka City became one of four \u2018Global Startup Cities\u2019 in Japan. As part of the national \u2018Beyond Limits. Unlock Our Potential\u2019 program; the four regions will receive support from the central government, including introductions to international investors and appropriation of budgets. Japan aims to create startup ecosystems that can compete internationally. The program also appointed four regions, including Kitakyushu as \u2018Startup Cities,\u2019 which also seek to nurture startups in specific business fields such as agriculture and the environment. Sources: <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/news\/html\/20200714\/k10012513541000.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">NHK<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.city.fukuoka.lg.jp\/data\/open\/cnt\/3\/59331\/1\/308.pdf?20200714145326\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Fukuoka City<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikkei.com\/article\/DGXMZO61510130U0A710C2LKA000\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Nikkei<\/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\/2020\/07\/fukuoka-now-WEB-1-4.jpg?resize=1400%2C921&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"921\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-133677\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/fukuoka-now-WEB-1-4.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/fukuoka-now-WEB-1-4.jpg?resize=300%2C197&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/fukuoka-now-WEB-1-4.jpg?resize=1024%2C674&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/fukuoka-now-WEB-1-4.jpg?resize=768%2C505&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Catch all of our Kyushu &#038; Fukuoka local news reports on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FukuokaNow\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/fukuokanews\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/fukuokanow\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Disclaimer<\/strong>: Fukuoka Now posts summaries of Kyushu area related news for the benefit of those who cannot read Japanese. 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Japan aims to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29452,"featured_media":133677,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-133676","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-city","news-category-business","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/133676","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\/29452"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133676"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}