{"id":171236,"date":"2025-05-28T11:09:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T02:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=171236&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-05-28T11:09:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T02:09:07","slug":"kitakyushu-allocates-funds-to-support-smes-hit-by-tariffs","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kitakyushu-allocates-funds-to-support-smes-hit-by-tariffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitakyushu Allocates Funds to Support SMEs Hit by Tariffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amid concerns over the impact of renewed U.S. tariff policies, Kitakyushu City will earmark \u00a525 million in its supplementary budget to help small and mid-sized businesses expand markets and develop new ventures. The city has already set up consultation services for affected companies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The full supplementary budget, totaling over \u00a5860 million, also includes \u00a5286 million to enhance logistics capabilities at Kitakyushu Airport and \u00a518 million for issuing food coupons at local markets to counter inflation. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20250526\/5010028311.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-168292\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fnn_kitakyushu-murasaki-river_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fnn_kitakyushu-murasaki-river_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fnn_kitakyushu-murasaki-river_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fnn_kitakyushu-murasaki-river_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fnn_kitakyushu-murasaki-river_2025_cl.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>Amid concerns over the impact of renewed U.S. tariff policies, Kitakyushu City will earmark&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":168294,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-171236","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\/171236","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=171236"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}