{"id":169259,"date":"2025-03-04T13:44:08","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T04:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=169259&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-03-04T13:44:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T04:44:08","slug":"fukuoka-governor-candidate-pledges-childcare-support-and-wage-hike","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-governor-candidate-pledges-childcare-support-and-wage-hike\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka Governor Candidate Pledges Childcare Support and Wage Hike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seitaro Hattori, the incumbent governor running for re-election in Fukuoka\u2019s March 23 gubernatorial election, announced his key policies. His plans include reducing childcare fees for families with three or more children and supporting wage hikes, aiming for a minimum wage increase to \u00a51,500.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hattori also emphasized strengthening disaster response through a &#8220;One Health&#8221; approach, integrating human, animal, and environmental health measures. Regarding a debate proposal from fellow candidate Koichiro Yoshida, Hattori suggested holding individual speeches at the same venue post-election announcement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other candidates include independent Koichiro Yoshida and minor party candidate Nobuo Shindo. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20250303\/5010027302.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\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-163625\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/fn_yokamon-hiroba-fukuoka_2024_WEB-063.jpg?resize=1400%2C1027&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fukuoka Prefecture Proposes \u00a5116 Billion Supplementary Budget\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1027\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/fn_yokamon-hiroba-fukuoka_2024_WEB-063.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/fn_yokamon-hiroba-fukuoka_2024_WEB-063.jpg?resize=300%2C220&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/fn_yokamon-hiroba-fukuoka_2024_WEB-063.jpg?resize=1024%2C751&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/fn_yokamon-hiroba-fukuoka_2024_WEB-063.jpg?resize=768%2C563&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>Seitaro Hattori, the incumbent governor running for re-election in Fukuoka\u2019s March 23 gubernatorial election, announced his key policies&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":165844,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-169259","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-politics","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/169259","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=169259"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}