{"id":172627,"date":"2025-08-08T16:23:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T07:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=172627&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-08-08T16:23:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T07:23:19","slug":"qps-institute-founder-to-donate-shares-to-kyushu-university","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/qps-institute-founder-to-donate-shares-to-kyushu-university\/","title":{"rendered":"QPS Institute Founder to Donate Shares to Kyushu University for R&#038;D Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tetsuo Yasaka, emeritus professor at Kyushu University and founder of QPS Institute, announced he will donate his 2 million shares in the satellite development firm to the university after his death. The shares, representing 4% of the company, are worth about \u00a54 billion based on the August 7 closing price. Dividends will be used to support research and development within the university, with specific allocations to be decided later. Yasaka expressed hope the funds would help generate new technologies. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/kikin.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/info\/news\/view.php?page=1&amp;r_search=QPS&amp;r_division=0&amp;cId=2303\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kyushu University<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-172624\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_qps-kyudai_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C1049&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"QPS Institute Founder to Donate Shares to Kyushu University for R&amp;D Support\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1049\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_qps-kyudai_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_qps-kyudai_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_qps-kyudai_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C767&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_qps-kyudai_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C575&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>Tetsuo Yasaka, emeritus professor at Kyushu University and founder of QPS Institute, announced he will donate&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":172624,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-172627","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/172627","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=172627"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}