{"id":155670,"date":"2023-08-02T11:35:43","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T02:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=155670&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2023-08-04T14:18:04","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T05:18:04","slug":"hometown-tax-surge-miyakonojo-leads-with-miyazaki-beef","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/hometown-tax-surge-miyakonojo-leads-with-miyazaki-beef\/","title":{"rendered":"Hometown Tax Surge: Miyakonojo Leads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miyakonojo City in Miyazaki Prefecture led Japan in hometown tax donations for the fiscal year 2022 with a total of 195 billion yen, a 49 billion yen increase from the previous year. The city offered popular rewards like Miyazaki beef, pork, and shochu, leading to a 40% increase in donations to one million cases. Five municipalities in Kyushu ranked in the top 20, including Kamimine Town (108 billion yen, 6th), Iizuka City (90 billion yen, up 38%), and Shibushi City (62 billion yen, up 17%). Nationwide, the total donations increased by 16% to 9654 billion yen, a record high for the third year in a row, with the number of donations reaching a record 51.84 million cases. Fukuoka City had the seventh-largest deduction amount at 85 billion yen. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/prtimes.jp\/main\/html\/rd\/p\/000000120.000085339.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PR Times<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-155660\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/fnn_miyazaki-beef-nick_2023_WEB.jpeg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Hometown Tax Surge: Miyakonojo Leads with Miyazaki Beef\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/fnn_miyazaki-beef-nick_2023_WEB.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/fnn_miyazaki-beef-nick_2023_WEB.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/fnn_miyazaki-beef-nick_2023_WEB.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/fnn_miyazaki-beef-nick_2023_WEB.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/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>Miyakonojo City in Miyazaki Prefecture led Japan in hometown tax donations for the fiscal year 2022 with a total of 195 billion yen, a 49 billion yen increase from the previous year&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":155664,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-155670","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-miyakonojo","location-miyazaki-prefecture","news-category-others","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/155670","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=155670"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}