{"id":169166,"date":"2025-02-26T11:51:39","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T02:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=169166&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-02-26T11:51:39","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T02:51:39","slug":"kitakyushu-plans-1-billion-upgrade-for-school-park-toilets","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kitakyushu-plans-1-billion-upgrade-for-school-park-toilets\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitakyushu Plans \u00a51 Billion Upgrade for School, Park Toilets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kitakyushu City has proposed a \u00a51.06 billion budget for upgrading school and park toilets as part of its initiative to create a more comfortable environment for women. The plan includes converting all elementary and junior high school toilets to Western-style over three years, with \u00a51.066 billion allocated for upgrades at 30 schools in the upcoming fiscal year. Additionally, \u00a55 million has been earmarked to improve park toilets, starting with Katsuyama Park in Kokurakita Ward. This initiative aims to address the city&#8217;s ongoing trend of population outflow among women in their 20s and 30s. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20250225\/5010027234.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-169159\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/fnn_tsushima-public-toilet_2025_WEB.jpeg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kitakyushu Plans \u00a51 Billion Upgrade for School, Park Toilets\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/fnn_tsushima-public-toilet_2025_WEB.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/fnn_tsushima-public-toilet_2025_WEB.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/fnn_tsushima-public-toilet_2025_WEB.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/fnn_tsushima-public-toilet_2025_WEB.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Park Public Washroom in Tsushima Island (for reference purpose)<\/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 has proposed a \u00a51.06 billion budget for upgrading school and park toilets&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":169162,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-169166","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kitakyushu","news-category-society","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/169166","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=169166"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}