Kyushu
Americannoun
noun
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Kyushu, the closest large Japanese island, is turning into a jumpoff point for southwest defense.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
"We have two main strategies to break through this limit," says Yoichi Sasaki, Associate Professor at Kyushu University's Faculty of Engineering.
From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026
He kept his title hopes alive at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament by beating Hoshoryu on the penultimate day, then triumphed over the Mongolian again to clinch the title.
From Barron's • Nov. 24, 2025
He ended up on the island of Kyushu, where he stumbled upon an enzyme bath center where people of different ages and ailments had come to heal.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2025
They not only spoke Japanese exclusively, they spoke a dialect peculiar to Kyushu, where their families had come from in Japan, a rough, fisherman’s language, full of oaths and insults.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
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