{"id":179609,"date":"2026-09-04T11:12:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T02:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=179609&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-09-04T11:12:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T02:12:35","slug":"fukuoka-plans-improper-demands-ordinance","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-plans-improper-demands-ordinance\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka Plans Improper Demands Ordinance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fukuoka Prefecture has outlined an ordinance intended to protect employees from improper demands by assembly members and others in positions of influence. The proposal would prohibit people from using a superior position or influence to make such demands. In serious cases with a substantial social impact, the prefecture could publish the person&#8217;s name and details of the conduct. The draft would also require the prefecture to establish a system for handling consultations from employees. The prefecture plans to submit the ordinance to the regular assembly session opening on September 9 while considering its relationship with a separate proposal on political ethics. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.web.nhk\/newsweb\/na\/nb-5010035135\" target=\"_blank\">NHK News<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fnn.jp\/articles\/-\/1105610\" target=\"_blank\">TNC 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\/2025\/05\/fnn_fukuoka-prefecture-bldg_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-171222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_fukuoka-prefecture-bldg_2025_WEB.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_fukuoka-prefecture-bldg_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_fukuoka-prefecture-bldg_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_fukuoka-prefecture-bldg_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto: Fukuoka Now<\/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>Fukuoka Prefecture has outlined an ordinance intended to protect employees from improper demands by assembly members and others in positions of influence. The proposal&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":171222,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-179609","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\/179609","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=179609"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}