{"id":173453,"date":"2025-10-07T09:28:58","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T00:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=173453&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-10-07T09:28:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T00:28:58","slug":"kyushu-symphony-targets-surplus-by-2026","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kyushu-symphony-targets-surplus-by-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyushu Symphony Targets Surplus by 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Kyushu Symphony Orchestra has appointed Hisashi Goto, president of Fukuoka Bank, as its new chair. At his first press conference, Goto disclosed that the orchestra has recorded operating deficits for six consecutive years, including a \u00a575 million shortfall last fiscal year. He warned that continued losses could trigger dissolution under foundation rules. To secure the orchestra\u2019s future, he pledged to achieve a surplus by FY2026 through strengthening finances, increasing commissioned performances, and developing more appealing programs to expand its audience across Kyushu. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kyukyo.or.jp\/cms\/kyukyo_news\/%E7%90%86%E4%BA%8B%E9%95%B7%E3%81%AE%E4%BA%A4%E4%BB%A3%E3%81%AB%E3%81%A4%E3%81%84%E3%81%A6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kyushu Symphony Orchestra<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-173451\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_kyushu-symphony-orchestra_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C931&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kyushu Symphony Orchestra\" width=\"1400\" height=\"931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_kyushu-symphony-orchestra_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_kyushu-symphony-orchestra_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_kyushu-symphony-orchestra_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C681&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_kyushu-symphony-orchestra_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo from <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kyushu Symphony Orchestra official facebook<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; <\/span>Photo for image purpose only<\/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 Kyushu Symphony Orchestra has appointed Hisashi Goto, president of Fukuoka Bank, as its new chair. At his first press conference&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":173451,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-173453","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kyushu","news-category-business","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/173453","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=173453"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}