{"id":173656,"date":"2025-10-15T13:22:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T04:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=173656&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-10-15T13:26:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T04:26:11","slug":"fukuoka-assembly-replaces-gold-badges-to-cut-costs","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-assembly-replaces-gold-badges-to-cut-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka Assembly Replaces Gold Badges to Cut Costs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amid soaring gold prices, the Fukuoka Prefectural Assembly will switch from 18-karat gold badges to gold-plated versions starting with the next term after the 2027 elections. The move will also eliminate smaller badges and those for former members. The 18-karat badges cost \u00a566,000 each in 2022\u2014double the 2018 price\u2014and the change is expected to reduce expenses from over \u00a530 million to around \u00a52 million. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.ntv.co.jp\/n\/fbs\/category\/society\/fs0ac980d952704fd69630457a6104ee9f\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FBS<\/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_gold-badge_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C755&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fukuoka Assembly Replaces Gold Badges to Cut Costs\" width=\"1400\" height=\"755\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-173667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_gold-badge_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_gold-badge_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C162&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_gold-badge_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C552&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_gold-badge_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C414&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>Amid soaring gold prices, the Fukuoka Prefectural Assembly will switch from 18-karat gold badges to gold-plated versions starting with&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":173667,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-173656","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-politics","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/173656","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=173656"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}