{"id":170752,"date":"2025-05-01T11:42:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T02:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=170752&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-05-01T11:42:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T02:42:04","slug":"kitakyushu-considers-free-school-lunches","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kitakyushu-considers-free-school-lunches\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitakyushu Considers Free School Lunches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kitakyushu City has launched a cross-departmental task force to formally consider making school lunches free for all public elementary and junior high schools. In the inaugural meeting, Mayor Takeuchi emphasized the importance of the project amid rising living costs. Discussions included the current state of school lunches and how to secure funding. The city aims to implement the policy within the next fiscal year and views school meals as a vital part of education, building on prior initiatives to improve lunch quality. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.jp\/news\/article.php?id=15076208&amp;ymd=2025-04-30\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KBC<\/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-170740\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_kitakyushu-city-school-lunch_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1110%2C936&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kitakyushu Considers Free School Lunches\" width=\"1110\" height=\"936\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_kitakyushu-city-school-lunch_2025_cl.jpg?w=1110&amp;ssl=1 1110w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_kitakyushu-city-school-lunch_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C253&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_kitakyushu-city-school-lunch_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C863&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_kitakyushu-city-school-lunch_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C648&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo from <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kitakyushu City School Lunch official Instagram<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/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 launched a cross-departmental task force to formally consider making school lunches free for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":170747,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-170752","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\/170752","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=170752"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}