{"id":172502,"date":"2025-07-31T11:37:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T02:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=172502&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-07-31T11:37:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T02:37:50","slug":"fukuoka-joins-national-forest-recovery-project","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-joins-national-forest-recovery-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka Joins National Forest Recovery Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukuoka Prefecture has joined a nationwide environmental initiative launched by SoftBank. The \u201cJapan Forest Recovery Support Project\u201d involves all 47 prefectures and aims to promote forest regeneration and carbon neutrality over 15 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trees will be planted based on eco-friendly consumer behavior tracked through apps like PayPay and LINE. The project will donate over \u00a54 billion to support forest management, including recovery from insect damage and reforestation. Fukuoka plans to use its share to enhance local satoyama (managed forest areas). <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.softbank.jp\/corp\/news\/press\/sbkk\/2025\/20250730_01\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SoftBank<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-172496\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fnn_softbank-forest_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C711&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fukuoka Joins National Forest Recovery Project\" width=\"1400\" height=\"711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fnn_softbank-forest_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fnn_softbank-forest_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C152&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fnn_softbank-forest_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C520&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fnn_softbank-forest_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C390&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 Prefecture has joined a nationwide environmental initiative launched by SoftBank. The \u201cJapan Forest Recovery Support Project\u201d involves&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":172496,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-172502","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kyushu","news-category-environment","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/172502","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=172502"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}