{"id":180892,"date":"2026-11-13T10:55:08","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T01:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=180892&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-11-13T10:55:08","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T01:55:08","slug":"nhk-survey-finds-fukuoka-residents-divided-over-secondary-capital-bid","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/nhk-survey-finds-fukuoka-residents-divided-over-secondary-capital-bid\/","title":{"rendered":"NHK survey finds Fukuoka residents divided over secondary-capital bid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An NHK survey released on Nov. 12 found no clear consensus among respondents on whether Fukuoka should seek secondary-capital status. The broadcaster conducted the online survey Nov. 6\u20138, gathering responses from 2,774 city residents aged 18 or older. NHK reported that 33% supported pursuing the designation, 34% considered it unnecessary and 33% were unsure. Its results showed higher support among men, at 41%, than women, at 24%. The report places these findings against efforts by Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture and Kitakyushu to take on backup functions for the national capital during major disasters. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.web.nhk\/newsweb\/na\/nd-20261112de74622\" target=\"_blank\">NHK Fukuoka<\/a>, November 12, 2026<\/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_hakata-area_2026_WEB.jpeg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-180893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/fnn_hakata-area_2026_WEB.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/fnn_hakata-area_2026_WEB.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/fnn_hakata-area_2026_WEB.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/fnn_hakata-area_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>An NHK survey released on Nov. 12 found no clear consensus among respondents on whether Fukuoka should seek secondary-capital status. The broadcaster conducted the online survey Nov. 6\u20138, gathering responses&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":180893,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-180892","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-city","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/180892","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=180892"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}