{"id":174049,"date":"2025-11-05T11:42:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T02:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=174049&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-11-05T11:43:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T02:43:11","slug":"fukuoka-probes-leak-of-land-deal-documents","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-probes-leak-of-land-deal-documents\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka Probes Leak of Land Deal Documents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukuoka Prefecture questioned 98 employees after internal documents on a land purchase for a road project in Akamura were leaked to the media. The land was bought in June for \u00a521 million\u2014five times the initial valuation\u2014before a review deemed the process improper. Governor Seitaro Hattori stressed the investigation aimed to improve data management, not to identify the whistleblower, and said no one should face disadvantages for disclosing wrongdoing. Officials stated the probe complied with Japan\u2019s Whistleblower Protection Act. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/mainichi.jp\/articles\/20251104\/k00\/00m\/040\/272000c\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mainichi<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-135125\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/fukuokaprefecturebuilding.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fukuoka Probes Leak of Land Deal Documents\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/fukuokaprefecturebuilding.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/fukuokaprefecturebuilding.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/fukuokaprefecturebuilding.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/fukuokaprefecturebuilding.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 Prefecture questioned 98 employees after internal documents on a land purchase for a road project in Akamura were leaked to the media&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":152204,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-174049","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\/174049","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=174049"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}