{"id":180081,"date":"2026-10-02T11:03:55","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T02:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=180081&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-10-02T11:03:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T02:03:55","slug":"hotel-and-restaurant-sentiment-falls-sharply-across-kyushu-and-okinawa","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/hotel-and-restaurant-sentiment-falls-sharply-across-kyushu-and-okinawa\/","title":{"rendered":"Hotel and restaurant sentiment falls sharply across Kyushu and Okinawa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Business sentiment in Kyushu and Okinawa worsened for a second consecutive quarter in the Bank of Japan\u2019s survey released on Oct. 1. The all-industry index fell four points to plus 17, based on responses from more than 1,000 companies. The hotel and restaurant sector recorded a 25-point deterioration. Higher prices, staff shortages and cancellations following the Kumamoto earthquake contributed to the decline. Looking three months ahead, respondents expected the all-industry index to improve by three points and the hotel and restaurant measure by 19. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.web.nhk\/newsweb\/na\/nb-5010035600\" target=\"_blank\">NHK News<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikkei.com\/article\/DGXZQOJC1457A0U6A910C2000000\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nikkei<\/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\/10\/fnn_hotel-luigans-fukuoka_2026_WEB.jpeg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-180082\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_hotel-luigans-fukuoka_2026_WEB.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_hotel-luigans-fukuoka_2026_WEB.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_hotel-luigans-fukuoka_2026_WEB.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_hotel-luigans-fukuoka_2026_WEB.jpeg?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>Business sentiment in Kyushu and Okinawa worsened for a second consecutive quarter in the Bank of Japan\u2019s survey released on Oct. 1. The all-industry index fell four points to plus 17&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":180082,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-180081","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kyushu","news-category-business","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/180081","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=180081"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}