{"id":171011,"date":"2025-05-16T10:09:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T01:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=171011&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-05-16T10:09:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T01:09:20","slug":"kitakyushu-mayor-urges-nissan-protect-jobs","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kitakyushu-mayor-urges-nissan-protect-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitakyushu Mayor Urges Nissan to Protect Jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following Nissan\u2019s announcement of plans to close seven production plants worldwide due to a record \u00a5670.8 billion loss, Kitakyushu Mayor <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kazuhisa<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Takeuchi has called on the automaker to minimize job losses in the region. One of the plants under review is located in adjacent Kanda Town, where over 1,000 Kitakyushu residents are employed, along with many in related industries. Takeuchi emphasized the need to safeguard local livelihoods and reported that Nissan CEO Ivan Espinosa pledged efforts to preserve employment and production during a recent meeting. The mayor also stressed the plant\u2019s strategic importance in Nissan\u2019s global operations. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20250515\/5010028181.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-171005\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_nissan-kanda_2025_cl.jpeg?resize=1400%2C644&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kitakyushu Mayor Urges Nissan to Protect Jobs\" width=\"1400\" height=\"644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_nissan-kanda_2025_cl.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_nissan-kanda_2025_cl.jpeg?resize=300%2C138&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_nissan-kanda_2025_cl.jpeg?resize=1024%2C471&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_nissan-kanda_2025_cl.jpeg?resize=768%2C353&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo from Nissan Kyushu official website<\/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>Following Nissan\u2019s announcement of plans to close seven production plants worldwide due to a record \u00a5670.8 billion loss&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":171008,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-171011","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\/171011","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=171011"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}