{"id":168871,"date":"2025-02-12T17:16:07","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T08:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=168871&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-02-12T17:16:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T08:16:07","slug":"kyushus-economy-improves-in-january","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kyushus-economy-improves-in-january\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyushu\u2019s Economy Improves in January as Tourism Boosts Demand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Cabinet Office\u2019s &#8220;Economy Watchers Survey&#8221; for January showed a 0.7-point rise in Kyushu\u2019s economic sentiment index to 49.2, marking the first increase in two months. Strong inbound tourism demand benefited retail and hospitality sectors. However, future expectations fell slightly, indicating cautious optimism. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www5.cao.go.jp\/keizai3\/2025\/0210watcher\/watcher1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Cabinet Office<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-168880\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/fnn_tenjin-kirameki-dori-adjusted_2024_WEB.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kyushu\u2019s Economy Improves in January as Tourism Boosts Demand\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/fnn_tenjin-kirameki-dori-adjusted_2024_WEB.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/fnn_tenjin-kirameki-dori-adjusted_2024_WEB.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/fnn_tenjin-kirameki-dori-adjusted_2024_WEB.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/fnn_tenjin-kirameki-dori-adjusted_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 Cabinet Office\u2019s &#8220;Economy Watchers Survey&#8221; for January showed a 0.7-point rise in Kyushu\u2019s economic&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":168888,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-168871","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\/168871","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=168871"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}