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Fukuoka

American  
[foo-koo-oh-kuh, foo-koo-aw-kah] / ˌfu kuˈoʊ kə, ˈfu kʊˈɔ kɑ /

noun

  1. a city on N Kyushu, in SW Japan.


Fukuoka British  
/ ˌfuːkuːˈəʊkə /

noun

  1. an industrial city and port in SW Japan, in N Kyushu: an important port in ancient times; site of Kyushu university. Pop: 1 302 454 (2002 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Demonstrations have been spreading beyond Tokyo with rallies organised in other major cities like Osaka, Kyoto, and Fukuoka.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

"Because the condition progresses so slowly, and because it is a rare disease, it is not uncommon to take up to a decade for it to be diagnosed," says Kobe University endocrinologist Hidenori Fukuoka.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2026

Yavhusishyn received his promotion at a special ceremony in western Fukuoka, where he bowed to sumo elders in front of gold folding screens and celebratory flowers.

From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025

The next month, Okajima signed a one-year contract with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and moved back to Japan.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2024

The agricultural college at Fukuoka was not in session the day of our visit, it being a holiday usually following the close of the last transplanting season.

From Farmers of Forty Centuries; Or, Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea, and Japan by King, F. H. (Franklin Hiram)

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