{"id":173701,"date":"2025-10-17T10:35:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T01:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=173701&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-10-17T10:35:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T01:35:55","slug":"saga-city-super-app-wins-good-design-award","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/saga-city-super-app-wins-good-design-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Saga City Super App Wins Good Design Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saga City announced that its \u201cSaga City Super App\u201d has received the 2025 Good Design Award, the first municipal app in Japan to be recognized. The app integrates multiple administrative functions\u2014such as resident registration, facility reservations, and garbage collection schedules\u2014into a single platform. Launched in June 2023 as part of the city\u2019s digital transformation strategy, it has surpassed 80,000 downloads as of September 2025. The award committee praised its convenience and potential adaptability for other municipalities. Saga City plans to continue improving usability and expanding digital public services. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.city.saga.lg.jp\/main\/111061.html#:~:text=%E4%BD%90%E8%B3%80%E5%B8%82%E5%85%AC%E5%BC%8F%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%82%A2%E3%83%97%E3%83%AA%E3%81%8C%E3%80%81%E3%81%BF%E3%82%93%E3%81%AA%E3%81%8C%E5%8F%82%E5%8A%A0%E3%81%97,%E8%B3%9E%E3%82%92%E5%8F%97%E8%B3%9E%E3%81%97%E3%81%BE%E3%81%97%E3%81%9F%E3%80%82&amp;text=%E8%87%AA%E6%B2%BB%E4%BD%93%E3%81%8C%E7%8B%AC%E8%87%AA%E3%81%A7%E5%89%B5%E3%82%8B,%E5%8F%97%E8%B3%9E%E3%81%AF%E5%85%A8%E5%9B%BD%E5%88%9D%E3%81%A7%E3%81%99%E3%80%82\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saga City<\/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\/2024\/01\/fnn_saga-super-app_2024_cl.jpg?resize=984%2C930&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Saga City Super App\" width=\"984\" height=\"930\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-159589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/fnn_saga-super-app_2024_cl.jpg?w=984&amp;ssl=1 984w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/fnn_saga-super-app_2024_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C284&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/fnn_saga-super-app_2024_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C726&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 984px) 100vw, 984px\" \/><\/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>Saga City announced that its \u201cSaga City Super App\u201d has received the 2025 Good Design Award, the first municipal app in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":159589,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-173701","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-saga-city","news-category-technology","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/173701","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=173701"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}