Kyushu
Americannoun
noun
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"Many researchers have proposed experiments that could potentially reveal the quantum nature of gravity," explains Associate Professor Joshua Foo of Kyushu University's Institute for Advanced Study and lead author of the study.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
Truman knew American invaders might have to face more than 900,000 defenders and 10,000 kamikaze planes on the southern island of Kyushu alone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
The southern island of Kyushu is the third-largest of the four main islands in Japan, and the second most populous.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
About 45,000 households and facilities had no power in the Kumamoto region, according to local utility Kyushu Electric Power.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
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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