{"id":170141,"date":"2025-04-04T13:07:25","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T04:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=170141&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-04-04T13:07:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T04:07:25","slug":"kyuden-build-major-logistics-hub-kitakyushu","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kyuden-build-major-logistics-hub-kitakyushu\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyuden to Build Major Logistics Hub in Kitakyushu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kyushu Electric Power has announced plans to construct a large-scale multi-tenant logistics facility in Kokura Minami Ward, Kitakyushu, as part of its business diversification efforts. The 30,000 m2 facility, scheduled for completion by summer 2027, will be located near the Kokura-Higashi IC on the Kyushu Expressway. This is Kyuden\u2019s first logistics development project. The company cited Kitakyushu\u2019s strong transport infrastructure\u2014including expressways, ports, and an airport\u2014and the city\u2019s active push to become a logistics hub as key factors in the decision. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kyuden.co.jp\/press\/2025\/h250401b-1.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Kyushu Electric Power<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-170119\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fnn_kyuden-logistics-kitakyushu_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C462&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kyuden to Build Major Logistics Hub in Kitakyushu\" width=\"1400\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fnn_kyuden-logistics-kitakyushu_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fnn_kyuden-logistics-kitakyushu_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C99&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fnn_kyuden-logistics-kitakyushu_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C338&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fnn_kyuden-logistics-kitakyushu_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C253&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>Kyushu Electric Power has announced plans to construct a large-scale multi-tenant logistics facility in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":170124,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-170141","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kitakyushu","news-category-business","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/170141","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=170141"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}