{"id":173450,"date":"2025-10-07T09:22:53","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T00:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=173450&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-10-07T09:22:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T00:22:53","slug":"kyushu-okinawa-business-outlook-weakens","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kyushu-okinawa-business-outlook-weakens\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyushu-Okinawa Business Outlook Weakens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Bank of Japan\u2019s September Tankan survey showed business sentiment in Kyushu and Okinawa falling to +19, down 2 points from June\u2014the first decline in three quarters. Manufacturing dropped to +9, with steel turning negative due to oversupply and weaker construction demand. Non-manufacturing also softened, particularly in real estate and construction as investment slowed and housing demand cooled. Companies expressed concern over rising labor costs from minimum wage hikes, though manufacturers expect modest recovery in the coming months. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.boj.or.jp\/fukuoka\/tankan\/gaiyou\/gaiyou202509.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bank of Japan<\/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\/fnn_tenjin-construction-oct_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kyushu-Okinawa Business Outlook Weakens\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-173452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_tenjin-construction-oct_2025_WEB.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_tenjin-construction-oct_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_tenjin-construction-oct_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_tenjin-construction-oct_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>The Bank of Japan\u2019s September Tankan survey showed business sentiment in Kyushu and Okinawa falling to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":173452,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-173450","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kyushu","location-okinawa-prefecture","news-category-business","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/173450","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=173450"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}