{"id":180863,"date":"2026-11-10T16:15:39","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T07:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=180863&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-11-10T16:15:39","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T07:15:39","slug":"new-kokura-office-building-opens-with-occupancy-above-90","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/new-kokura-office-building-opens-with-occupancy-above-90\/","title":{"rendered":"New Kokura office building opens with occupancy above 90%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Kokura Kyomachi Center Building has been completed about a five-minute walk from Kokura Station. The 11-story office building allows floors to be divided to suit tenants\u2019 needs. IT companies are among its occupants, and occupancy had exceeded 90% by Nov. 1. It is the second project completed under Kitakyushu\u2019s redevelopment incentive program, following BIZIA KOKURA in 2024. The city hopes buildings suited to IT businesses will attract employers and create jobs for young people and women. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.web.nhk\/newsweb\/na\/nd-20261109de72744\" target=\"_blank\">NHK News<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nishinippon.co.jp\/item\/1558529\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nishinippon Shimbun<\/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\/11\/fnn_kokura-kyomachi-center-building_2026_cl.jpg?resize=1000%2C732&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"732\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-180864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/fnn_kokura-kyomachi-center-building_2026_cl.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/fnn_kokura-kyomachi-center-building_2026_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C220&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/fnn_kokura-kyomachi-center-building_2026_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C562&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto: <a href=\"https:\/\/rebuild-invitation.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kokura Kurosaki Rebuild invitation<\/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>The Kokura Kyomachi Center Building has been completed about a five-minute walk from Kokura Station. The 11-story office building allows floors to be divided to suit tenants\u2019 needs. IT companies are among its&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":180864,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-180863","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kitakyushu","news-category-business","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/180863","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=180863"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}