{"id":170845,"date":"2025-05-08T14:08:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T05:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=170845&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-05-08T14:08:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T05:08:39","slug":"kyushu-business-mood-worsens-fourth-month","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kyushu-business-mood-worsens-fourth-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyushu Business Mood Worsens for Fourth Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kyushu and Okinawa\u2019s business sentiment declined again in April, according to Teikoku Databank\u2019s latest survey. The region\u2019s economic DI dropped to 44.8, down 0.9 points from March. Retail and wholesale sectors saw noticeable drops due to weak demand and cost inflation, while the real estate sector struggled with rising construction costs. The outlook for the next 3, 6, and 12 months also deteriorated compared to the previous survey.<\/span><b> Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tdb.co.jp\/report\/economic\/ets202504-kyushu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Teikoku Data Bank<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-170826\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_evening-hakata-dark_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kyushu Business Mood Worsens for Fourth Month\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_evening-hakata-dark_2025_WEB.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_evening-hakata-dark_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_evening-hakata-dark_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_evening-hakata-dark_2025_WEB.jpg?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. 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 and Okinawa\u2019s business sentiment declined again in April, according to&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":170832,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-170845","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kyushu","news-category-business","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/170845","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=170845"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}