{"id":171235,"date":"2025-05-28T11:06:34","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T02:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=171235&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-05-28T11:06:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T02:06:34","slug":"fukuoka-governor-unveils-2-18-trillion-budget-proposal","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-governor-unveils-2-18-trillion-budget-proposal\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka Governor Unveils \u00a52.18 Trillion Budget Proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukuoka Governor Seitaro Hattori has released the first full-year general budget of his second term, totaling \u00a52.1878 trillion\u2014up 3% from the previous year. The plan includes expanded childcare support and educational investments, such as funding for free preschool for third and subsequent children, and air conditioning design for prefectural high school gymnasiums.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additional allocations include support for local youth gathering in downtown parks, promotion of &#8220;One Health&#8221; education through children\u2019s books, and funds to explore creating a national-level sports training center in Hakata. The prefecture aims to have the budget approved in the June regular assembly session. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20250526\/5010028313.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-171222\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_fukuoka-prefecture-bldg_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fukuoka Governor Unveils \u00a52.18 Trillion Budget Proposal\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_fukuoka-prefecture-bldg_2025_WEB.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_fukuoka-prefecture-bldg_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_fukuoka-prefecture-bldg_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_fukuoka-prefecture-bldg_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>Fukuoka Governor Seitaro Hattori has released the first full-year general budget of his second term, totaling&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":171228,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-171235","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-politics","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/171235","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=171235"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}