{"id":152850,"date":"2023-04-18T16:01:18","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T07:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=152850&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2023-04-18T16:04:53","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T07:04:53","slug":"oitas-new-mayor-plans-free-school-lunches","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/oitas-new-mayor-plans-free-school-lunches\/","title":{"rendered":"Oita&#8217;s New Mayor Plans Free School Lunches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former House of Councilors member Shinya Adachi was elected unopposed as Oita&#8217;s mayor and announced his top priority of addressing the declining birthrate. Adachi plans to support all ages, from pregnancy to the completion of higher education, and aims to implement free school lunches in public junior high schools as soon as possible. He also discussed revitalizing 13 areas within the city by utilizing their unique features and increasing visiting populations through exchanges. Adachi&#8217;s term will last four years, starting on the 23rd, marking the first uncontested Oita mayoral election in 72 years. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikkei.com\/article\/DGXZQOJC172IB0X10C23A4000000\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">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\/2023\/04\/fnn_school-lunch-photoac_2023_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Oita&#039;s New Mayor Plans Free School Lunches\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-152862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/fnn_school-lunch-photoac_2023_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/fnn_school-lunch-photoac_2023_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/fnn_school-lunch-photoac_2023_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/fnn_school-lunch-photoac_2023_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.photo-ac.com\/main\/detail\/4274094\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Photo AC<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former House of Councilors member Shinya Adachi was elected unopposed as Oita&#8217;s mayor and announced his top priority of addressing the declining birthrate&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":152865,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-152850","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-oita-prefecture","news-category-politics","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/152850","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=152850"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}