{"id":171973,"date":"2025-07-03T15:16:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T06:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=171973&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-07-03T15:16:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T06:16:06","slug":"kitakyushu-signs-cooperation-pact-taiwan-kaohsiung","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kitakyushu-signs-cooperation-pact-taiwan-kaohsiung\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitakyushu Signs Cooperation Pact With Taiwan\u2019s Kaohsiung"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On July 2, Kitakyushu City announced a cooperation agreement with Kaohsiung, Taiwan, home to ASE, the world\u2019s largest provider of semiconductor backend services. The pact includes economic collaboration, smart city development, and mutual tourism promotion. Kitakyushu Mayor Kazuhisa Takeuchi signed the agreement during a visit to Kaohsiung on July 1. While city officials clarified that the pact is not directly tied to ASE&#8217;s proposed land acquisition in Kitakyushu, they noted the potential benefits of deeper ties with a key semiconductor hub. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/takeuchikazhisa\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kitakyushu City Mayor official X<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fnn_kitakyushu-kaoshiung_2025_cl.jpeg?resize=1400%2C1081&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kitakyushu Signs Cooperation Pact With Taiwan\u2019s Kaohsiung\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1081\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-171990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fnn_kitakyushu-kaoshiung_2025_cl.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fnn_kitakyushu-kaoshiung_2025_cl.jpeg?resize=300%2C232&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fnn_kitakyushu-kaoshiung_2025_cl.jpeg?resize=1024%2C791&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fnn_kitakyushu-kaoshiung_2025_cl.jpeg?resize=768%2C593&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>On July 2, Kitakyushu City announced a cooperation agreement with Kaohsiung, Taiwan, home to ASE&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":171990,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-171973","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kitakyushu","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/171973","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=171973"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}