{"id":173619,"date":"2025-10-15T09:50:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T00:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=173619&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-10-15T09:50:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T00:50:07","slug":"surge-in-hq-relocations-to-fukuoka-in-fy2024","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/surge-in-hq-relocations-to-fukuoka-in-fy2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Surge in HQ Relocations to Fukuoka in FY2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tokyo Shoko Research\u2019s Fukuoka Branch reports that in FY2024, 456 companies relocated headquarters or core HQ functions to Fukuoka from other prefectures, a 27.3 percent increase from the previous year. By industry, construction, manufacturing, wholesale, retail, and information and communications all recorded net inflows. Notably, information and communications posted a net inflow of 28 companies, the highest in Japan, reflecting the impact of Fukuoka City\u2019s startup support initiatives. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FIBA<\/span><\/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-watanabedori-oct_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Surge in HQ Relocations to Fukuoka in FY2024\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-173648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_tenjin-watanabedori-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-watanabedori-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-watanabedori-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-watanabedori-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>Tokyo Shoko Research\u2019s Fukuoka Branch reports that in FY2024, 456 companies relocated headquarters or core HQ functions to Fukuoka from&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":173648,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-173619","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-business","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/173619","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=173619"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}