{"id":172373,"date":"2025-07-24T11:15:58","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T02:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=172373&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-07-24T11:15:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T02:15:58","slug":"new-kyushu-transport-chief-targets-service-gaps","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/new-kyushu-transport-chief-targets-service-gaps\/","title":{"rendered":"New Kyushu Transport Chief Targets Service Gaps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hiromoto Himukai<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, newly appointed director of the Kyushu Transport Bureau, pledged to tackle \u201ctransportation voids\u201d across the region and enforce stricter audits following recent safety incidents. A veteran of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Himukai<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> previously held key roles in maritime and transport safety. He outlined plans at a press briefing in Fukuoka on July 23.<\/span><b> Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/newsdig.tbs.co.jp\/articles\/rkb\/2064296?display=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RKB<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-172368\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fnn_hakata-station-view_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"New Kyushu Transport Chief Targets Service Gaps\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fnn_hakata-station-view_2025_WEB.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fnn_hakata-station-view_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fnn_hakata-station-view_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fnn_hakata-station-view_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>Hiromoto Himukai, newly appointed director of the Kyushu Transport Bureau, pledged to tackle \u201ctransportation voids\u201d across&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":172368,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-172373","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kyushu","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/172373","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=172373"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}