{"id":160169,"date":"2024-02-21T17:55:27","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T08:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=160169&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2024-02-22T11:25:09","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T02:25:09","slug":"saga-city-elevates-future-with-record-breaking-budget-for-2024","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/saga-city-elevates-future-with-record-breaking-budget-for-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Saga City Elevates Future with Record-Breaking Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saga City, led by Mayor <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hidetaka Sakai<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, unveils a record 112.1 billion yen budget for FY2024, targeting a 7.2% increase from the previous year. This budget aims to host the National Sports Festival and the National Para-Sports Games, attracting over 330,000 attendees, and to advance Saga&#8217;s digital transformation with the Saga City Official Super App. Investments include 3.44 billion yen for the sports events, 163 million yen for the super app, and a comprehensive DX budget of 638 million yen for integrating disaster and evacuation information systems. Additionally, funds are allocated for upgrading infrastructure to enhance disaster preparedness and for promotional activities to boost local economy and visitor engagement. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.city.saga.lg.jp\/main\/96247.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saga City<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_160238\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-160238\" class=\"size-full wp-image-160238\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/fnn_saga-station-phootac_2024_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Saga City Elevates Future with Record-Breaking Budget for 2024\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/fnn_saga-station-phootac_2024_cl.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/fnn_saga-station-phootac_2024_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/fnn_saga-station-phootac_2024_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-160238\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo from Photo AC<\/p><\/div>\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>Saga City, led by Mayor Hidetaka Sakai, unveils a record 112.1 billion yen budget for FY2024, targeting a 7.2% increase from the previous year&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":160240,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-160169","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-saga-city","news-category-politics","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/160169","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=160169"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}