{"id":172887,"date":"2025-08-29T16:50:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T07:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=172887&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-08-29T16:50:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T07:50:19","slug":"fukuoka-city-increases-school-lunch-budget","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-city-increases-school-lunch-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka City Increases School Lunch Budget By Nearly \u00a5500 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukuoka City has allocated an additional \u00a5493 million for school lunch costs in its supplementary budget, citing continued rises in food prices such as rice. The revised budget, totaling over \u00a512.35 billion, also includes \u00a53 million in subsidies for parents of about 100 children who bring their own lunches due to allergies, coinciding with the start of free school lunches from August 28. Additionally, \u00a5241 million is earmarked for road repair after recent heavy rain caused landslides on Shikanoshima. The proposal will be submitted to the city council on September 3. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20250827\/5010029654.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\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_schoollunch-aug_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C792&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"792\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-172889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_schoollunch-aug_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_schoollunch-aug_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C170&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_schoollunch-aug_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C579&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_schoollunch-aug_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C434&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 City has allocated an additional \u00a5493 million for school lunch costs in its supplementary budget&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":172889,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-172887","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-city","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/172887","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=172887"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}