{"id":168948,"date":"2025-02-14T14:50:56","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T05:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=168948&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-02-14T14:50:56","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T05:50:56","slug":"kitakyushus-record-643-5-billion-budget","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kitakyushus-record-643-5-billion-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitakyushu\u2019s Record \u00a5643.5 Billion Budget Focuses on Startups and Sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kitakyushu City announced a record \u00a5643.5 billion FY2025 budget, up 2.5% from the previous year. The city will invest \u00a5100 million in a new startup fund, to be launched in April, and aims to enhance tourism, support women\u2019s initiatives, and promote sustainability. New departments, including a sustainability strategy office and an inbound tourism section, will be established. Increased welfare costs, rising interest rates, and inflation have expanded expenditures. City tax revenue is expected to reach a record \u00a5188.5 billion, partly from boat race profits, which will fund a \u00a520 billion urban development investment fund. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.city.kitakyushu.lg.jp\/contents\/09000366_00002.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kitakyushu City<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-168942\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/fnn_kitakyushu-budget_2025_cl.jpeg?resize=1400%2C934&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kitakyushu\u2019s Record \u00a5643.5 Billion Budget Focuses on Startups and Sustainability\" width=\"1400\" height=\"934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/fnn_kitakyushu-budget_2025_cl.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/fnn_kitakyushu-budget_2025_cl.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/fnn_kitakyushu-budget_2025_cl.jpeg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/fnn_kitakyushu-budget_2025_cl.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Photo from Mayor Takeuchi Kazuhisa official X<\/span><\/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>Kitakyushu City announced a record \u00a5643.5 billion FY2025 budget, up 2.5% from the previous year&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":168944,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-168948","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kitakyushu","news-category-politics","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/168948","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=168948"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}