{"id":143146,"date":"2021-11-04T16:24:51","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T07:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=143146&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2021-11-04T16:24:51","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T07:24:51","slug":"kumamoto-pref-launches-startup-hub-kumamoto","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kumamoto-pref-launches-startup-hub-kumamoto\/","title":{"rendered":"Kumamoto Pref Launches Startup Hub Kumamoto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Higo Bank in Kumamoto Prefecture will launch \u2018Startup Hub Kumamoto,\u2019 after more than six hundred local businesses went bankrupt during the ongoing pandemic in central Kumamoto. The industry-government-academia collaboration project will be the first one-stop-shop in Japan to provide support for business creation. To survive the loss of 20~30 percent of local businesses in a short period, Kumamoto\u2019s Startup Hub will officially launch in April 2022 with a fund of around \u00a51 billion. The project\u2019s goal is to support creating 700 new companies and 2,100 job positions in the first five years. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fnn.jp\/articles\/-\/260643\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FNN<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/kumanichi.com\/articles\/446005\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kumanichi<\/span><\/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\/2021\/11\/kumamoto-city.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-143206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/kumamoto-city.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/kumamoto-city.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/kumamoto-city.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/kumamoto-city.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo by Fukuoka Now<\/p>\n<p><b>Disclaimer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Fukuoka Now posts summaries of Kyushu area news for those who cannot read Japanese. 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