{"id":74233,"date":"2015-12-03T15:20:16","date_gmt":"2015-12-03T06:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=68577"},"modified":"2016-04-01T02:43:15","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T17:43:15","slug":"nishitetsu-to-hold-business-plan-contest","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/nishitetsu-to-hold-business-plan-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Nishitetsu to Hold Business Plan Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Nov. 27, Nishinippon Railroad Co. (\u201cNishitetsu\u201d) will begin accepting applications from entrepreneurs and venture companies for the Nishitetsu Open Innovation Contest. With the City\u2019s designation as a special zone for job creation, the number of entrepreneurs is on the rise. With this contest, Nishitetsu aims to marry the outstanding ideas of these entrepreneurs with the resources of the Nishitetsu Group to generate open innovation and contribute to the company\u2019s growth. The contest is open to startups that have been in operation for fewer than seven years, and the initial deadline for applications is 12\/18. For more details, see: <a href=\"http:\/\/startup-gogo.com\/nishitetsu_oic\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/startup-gogo.com\/nishitetsu_oic\/<\/a> (Japanese only). Source: Nishitetsu press release 11\/25 <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/nishitetsu-e1449123519119.jpg?resize=640%2C441\" alt=\"nishitetsu\" width=\"640\" height=\"441\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-68578\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Nov. 27, Nishinippon Railroad Co. (\u201cNishitetsu\u201d) will begin accepting applications from entrepreneurs and venture companies for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26469,"featured_media":68578,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-74233","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-category-business","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/74233","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\/26469"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74233"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}