{"id":170909,"date":"2025-05-13T13:31:49","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T04:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=170909&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-05-13T13:37:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T04:37:15","slug":"kitakyushu-announces-aid","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kitakyushu-announces-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitakyushu Announces Aid For SMEs Hit By U.S. Tariffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In response to U.S. tariff measures often referred to as &#8220;Trump tariffs,&#8221; Kitakyushu City has announced support initiatives for local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) affected or potentially impacted. Mayor Takeuchi detailed the plan on May 12, which includes increased subsidy rates under existing growth support programs. The measures aim to assist firms expanding to non-U.S. markets and developing new businesses. The program is budgeted at \u00a550 million and expects to support around 50 local companies, particularly in manufacturing and food sectors. Additional support via a supplementary budget is also under consideration. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.jp\/news\/article.php?id=15146946&amp;ymd=2025-05-12\" 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-168832\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/fnn_takatoyama-kitakyushu_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C934&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kitakyushu Announces Aid For SMEs Hit By U.S. Tariffs\" width=\"1400\" height=\"934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/fnn_takatoyama-kitakyushu_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/fnn_takatoyama-kitakyushu_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/fnn_takatoyama-kitakyushu_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/fnn_takatoyama-kitakyushu_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo from <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kitakyushu City official photo gallery<\/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>In response to U.S. tariff measures often referred to as &#8220;Trump tariffs,&#8221; Kitakyushu City has announced&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":168835,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-170909","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\/170909","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=170909"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}