{"id":170780,"date":"2025-05-02T10:23:35","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T01:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=170780&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-05-02T10:23:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T01:23:35","slug":"kitakyushu-gets-20m-education-tax-program","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kitakyushu-gets-20m-education-tax-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitakyushu Gets \u00a520M for Education via Tax Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Tokyo-based trading firm Seika Sangyo has donated \u00a520 million to Kitakyushu City through the corporate hometown tax system. In recognition, the city awarded the company an official letter of appreciation. Founded in 1947 in the former Moji City, Seika Sangyo made the donation to support youth development in its founding city. The funds will be used for new city-run educational programs including the \u201cFuture Exploration Project\u201d for elementary and junior high students and facility upgrades at municipal high schools. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/takeuchikazhisa\/status\/1917868357778620814\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kitakyushu City Mayor official X <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.jp\/news\/article.php?id=15084781&amp;ymd=2025-05-01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KBC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_kitakyushu-seika_2025_cl.jpeg?resize=1400%2C1274&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kitakyushu Gets \u00a520M for Education via Tax Program\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1274\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-170784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_kitakyushu-seika_2025_cl.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_kitakyushu-seika_2025_cl.jpeg?resize=300%2C273&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_kitakyushu-seika_2025_cl.jpeg?resize=1024%2C932&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_kitakyushu-seika_2025_cl.jpeg?resize=768%2C699&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>The Tokyo-based trading firm Seika Sangyo has donated \u00a520 million to Kitakyushu City through&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":170781,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-170780","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\/170780","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=170780"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}