{"id":169826,"date":"2025-03-27T15:15:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T06:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=169826&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-03-27T15:15:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T06:15:43","slug":"fukuoka-city-passes-record-budget","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-city-passes-record-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka City Passes Record Budget With Free School Lunches From Second Term"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukuoka City Council has approved its FY2025 budget, totaling over \u00a51.1128 trillion\u2014the largest in city history and exceeding \u00a51 trillion for the fifth consecutive year. Key allocations include \u00a54.08 billion to make school lunches free at public schools from the second term, part of expanded support for child-rearing households. The budget also earmarks \u00a545 million to begin air-conditioning installations in all municipal school gymnasiums used as evacuation centers, to be completed by FY2027.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additional funds include \u00a5290 million for greening underground spaces at Tenjin, Hakata, and Fukuoka Airport subway stations; \u00a5210 million for planning a new exhibition space for the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum at the former Kego Park underground parking site; \u00a548 million for an archaeological survey to determine whether Fukuoka Castle ever had a tenshukaku (main keep); and \u00a510 million to explore redevelopment plans for Hakata Port\u2019s central pier after the withdrawal of the Queen Beetle ferry service. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.city.fukuoka.lg.jp\/zaisei\/zaisei\/shisei\/documents\/cyouseinogaiyou07.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukuoka City<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-160673\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/fnn_fukuoka-city-hall-spring_2024_WEB.jpeg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fukuoka City Passes Record Budget With Free School Lunches From Second Term\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/fnn_fukuoka-city-hall-spring_2024_WEB.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/fnn_fukuoka-city-hall-spring_2024_WEB.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/fnn_fukuoka-city-hall-spring_2024_WEB.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/fnn_fukuoka-city-hall-spring_2024_WEB.jpeg?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. 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