{"id":163158,"date":"2024-05-22T12:11:24","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T03:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=163158&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2024-05-22T12:11:24","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T03:11:24","slug":"kyushu-okinawa-economy-slowly-recovers","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kyushu-okinawa-economy-slowly-recovers\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyushu, Okinawa Economy Slowly Recovers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Bank of Japan&#8217;s Fukuoka branch maintains its assessment that the Kyushu and Okinawa economies are gradually recovering despite some weak sectors. While car production has been impacted by certification issues, robust personal consumption and corporate investment support the overall recovery. The branch highlights the importance of monitoring the effects of wage increases on household spending and the impact of yen depreciation and rising prices on real wages. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.boj.or.jp\/fukuoka\/getsurei\/2024\/202405.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bank of Japan Fukuoka branch<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20240521\/5010024363.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/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\/2024\/05\/fnn_tenjin-kiramekidori-may_2024_WEB.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kyushu, Okinawa Economy Slowly Recovers\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-163182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fnn_tenjin-kiramekidori-may_2024_WEB.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fnn_tenjin-kiramekidori-may_2024_WEB.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fnn_tenjin-kiramekidori-may_2024_WEB.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fnn_tenjin-kiramekidori-may_2024_WEB.jpg?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>The Bank of Japan&#8217;s Fukuoka branch maintains its assessment that the Kyushu and Okinawa economies are gradually recovering despite some weak sectors&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":163184,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-163158","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\/163158","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=163158"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}