{"id":169506,"date":"2025-03-18T17:18:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T08:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=169506&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-03-18T17:18:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T08:18:21","slug":"kitakyushu-urges-residents-to-stock-emergency-toilets","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kitakyushu-urges-residents-to-stock-emergency-toilets\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitakyushu Urges Residents to Stock Emergency Toilets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kitakyushu City has unveiled a disaster preparedness plan urging residents to stock at least three days\u2019 worth of portable toilets in case of a large-scale emergency. The initiative follows lessons learned from the Noto Peninsula earthquake, where prolonged disruptions affected sanitation infrastructure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The city also aims to raise public awareness of proper usage and maintenance of emergency toilets. In parallel, authorities have stockpiled 66,000 portable toilet sets and 440 temporary units, enough to support 22,000 evacuees for three days. The plan emphasizes shared responsibility between government and citizens in disaster response efforts. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20250317\/5010027441.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-169558\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fnn_portable-toilet_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C756&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kitakyushu Urges Residents to Stock Emergency Toilets\" width=\"1400\" height=\"756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fnn_portable-toilet_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fnn_portable-toilet_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C162&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fnn_portable-toilet_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C553&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fnn_portable-toilet_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C415&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>Kitakyushu City has unveiled a disaster preparedness plan urging residents to stock at least three days\u2019 worth of portable toilets&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":169562,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-169506","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kitakyushu","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/169506","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=169506"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}