{"id":178181,"date":"2026-06-19T11:39:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T02:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=178181&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-06-19T11:39:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T02:39:54","slug":"kitakyushu-strengthens-disaster-response","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kitakyushu-strengthens-disaster-response\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitakyushu Strengthens Disaster Response"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kitakyushu City will sign a cooperation agreement with two JR railway companies and related organizations to support passengers stranded during disasters or major transport disruptions. The agreement covers situations in which rail services are suspended and travelers are unable to return home. Participating organizations will provide information, distribute drinking water and other supplies, and guide affected passengers to temporary accommodation facilities. Three venues, including Kitakyushu Messe and the West Japan General Exhibition Center, have been designated as reception sites. City officials said the agreement will strengthen coordination between public and private sectors. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.tnc.co.jp\/news\/articles\/NID2026061830860\" target=\"_blank\">TNC News<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/newsdig.tbs.co.jp\/articles\/rkb\/2739985?display=1\" target=\"_blank\">RKB News<\/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\/2026\/06\/fnn_kitakyushu-messe_2026_cl.jpg?resize=1100%2C657&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1100\" height=\"657\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-178182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fnn_kitakyushu-messe_2026_cl.jpg?w=1100&amp;ssl=1 1100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fnn_kitakyushu-messe_2026_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C179&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fnn_kitakyushu-messe_2026_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C612&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fnn_kitakyushu-messe_2026_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C459&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto: <a href=\"https:\/\/hello-kitakyushu.or.jp\/messe\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kitakyushu Messe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Get Fukuoka and Kyushu\u2019s top stories delivered to your inbox. The Now is Fukuoka Now\u2019s free biweekly newsletter featuring local news, events, culture, business, and community updates in English. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\">Subscribe to The Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\">this <strong>form<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kitakyushu City will sign a cooperation agreement with two JR railway companies and related organizations to support passengers stranded during disasters or major transport&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":178182,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-178181","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kitakyushu","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/178181","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\/30292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178181"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}