{"id":173410,"date":"2025-10-02T10:47:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T01:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=173410&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-10-02T10:47:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T01:47:26","slug":"false-claim-on-chinese-workers-in-fukuoka","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/false-claim-on-chinese-workers-in-fukuoka\/","title":{"rendered":"False Claim on Chinese Workers in Fukuoka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukuoka City received more than 50 inquiries after a false social media post alleged it would employ 800 Chinese nationals as civil servants. The rumor stemmed from confusion over a canceled 2012 program to host Chinese officials for technical training. The city has clarified the claim is entirely unfounded. Similar foreigner-related misinformation has recently circulated in Asakura and Kitakyushu, prompting denials from local governments. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/news.tnc.co.jp\/news\/articles\/NID2025100127434\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TNC<\/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\/10\/fn_chinese-rumour_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=1400%2C933&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"False Claim on Chinese Workers in Fukuoka\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-173399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fn_chinese-rumour_2025_WEB.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fn_chinese-rumour_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fn_chinese-rumour_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fn_chinese-rumour_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=768%2C512&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 received more than 50 inquiries after a false social media post alleged it would employ 800 Chinese nationals as civil servants&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":173399,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-173410","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\/173410","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=173410"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}