{"id":151647,"date":"2023-02-24T13:35:55","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T04:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=151647&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2023-02-24T13:35:55","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T04:35:55","slug":"kyushu-okinawas-economy-shifts-with-pandemic-era-consumer-habits","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kyushu-okinawas-economy-shifts-with-pandemic-era-consumer-habits\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyushu-Okinawa&#8217;s Economy Shifts With Pandemic-Era Consumer Habits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Bank of Japan&#8217;s Fukuoka branch has released its latest economic analysis of the Kyushu-Okinawa region, highlighting a shift in consumer behavior due to rising prices. While consumer spending has increased for travel and dining, lower-priced food options have become more popular as consumers look to save money. The bank&#8217;s director emphasized the importance of upcoming wage negotiations in predicting the region&#8217;s economic future. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20230223\/5010019340.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-151648\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/fnn_hakata-area-feb_2023_WEB.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kyushu-Okinawa's Economy Shifts With Pandemic-Era Consumer Habits\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/fnn_hakata-area-feb_2023_WEB.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/fnn_hakata-area-feb_2023_WEB.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/fnn_hakata-area-feb_2023_WEB.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/fnn_hakata-area-feb_2023_WEB.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Get Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu area news and events in English regularly.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sign up for our <\/span><b>free<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> weekly newsletter. Opt out at any time and privacy is protected. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get the \u201cNow\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Disclaimer: These summaries are from publicly posted contents. Errors might occur during translation. Images are sourced independently for illustrative purposes and credited appropriately. Use <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this form<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to send feedback or ask for edits.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bank of Japan&#8217;s Fukuoka branch has released its latest economic analysis of the Kyushu-Okinawa region, highlighting a shift in consumer behavior due to rising prices. While consumer spending has increased for travel and dining&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":151649,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-151647","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kyushu","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/151647","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\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151647"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}