{"id":173818,"date":"2025-10-23T17:41:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T08:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=173818&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-10-23T17:41:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T08:41:33","slug":"mayor-takashima-says-fukuoka-is-ideal-backup-for-capital-functions-in-disasters","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/mayor-takashima-says-fukuoka-is-ideal-backup-for-capital-functions-in-disasters\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Takashima Says Fukuoka Is Ideal Backup for Capital Functions in Disasters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukuoka Mayor Soichiro Takashima said on October 22 that Fukuoka City is best suited to serve as a backup location for Japan\u2019s capital functions in the event of a major disaster. His comments came amid discussions of the \u201csecondary capital\u201d initiative, which the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Japan Innovation Party (JIP) plan to formalize through legislation in next year\u2019s ordinary Diet session. The plan aims to decentralize government functions currently concentrated in Tokyo. Takashima noted that Fukuoka, located on the Sea of Japan side, faces lower simultaneous disaster risks compared with other major cities in a potential Nankai Trough earthquake. He added that the definition and scope of a \u201csecondary capital,\u201d including whether it would involve relocating ministries or restructuring local governance, should be carefully examined. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.tnc.co.jp\/news\/articles\/NID2025102227700\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TNC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-173819\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_tenjin-oct_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Mayor Takashima Says Fukuoka Is Ideal Backup for Capital Functions in Disasters\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_tenjin-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-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-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-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>Fukuoka Mayor Soichiro Takashima said on October 22 that Fukuoka City is best suited to serve as a backup location for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":173819,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-173818","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/173818","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=173818"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}