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Kyūshū (九州, Kyūshū, pronounced [kʲɯꜜːɕɯː] ⓘ, lit. 'Nine Provinces') is the third-largest island of Japan's four main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands (i.e. excluding Okinawa).
The Kyūshū J7W Shinden (震電, "Magnificent Lightning") is a World War II Japanese propeller-driven prototype fighter plane with wings at the rear of the fuselage, a nose-mounted canard, and a pusher engine.. Developed by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) as a short-range, land-based interceptor, the J7W was a response to Boeing B-29 Superfortress raids on the Japanese home islands.
Kyushu (九州, Kyūshū, literally "Nine Provinces"; Japanese: [kʲɯːꜜɕɯː]) is one of Japan's four main islands. It is the most southern of the main islands and the third largest. [3]
Kyushu University (九州大学, Kyūshū Daigaku), abbreviated to Kyudai (九大, Kyūdai), is a public research university located in Fukuoka, Japan, on the island of Kyushu. Founded in 1911 as the fourth Imperial University in Japan, it has been recognised as a leading institution of higher education and research in Kyushu, Japan ...
The Kyūshū campaign of 1586–1587 was part of the campaigns of Toyotomi Hideyoshi who sought to dominate Japan at the end of the Sengoku period. Having subjugated much of Honshū and Shikoku , Hideyoshi turned his attention to the southernmost of the main Japanese islands, Kyūshū .
Kyūshū ist mit einer Fläche von 36.782,35 km² und 13 Mio. Einwohnern die drittgrößte und zweitbevölkerungsreichste Hauptinsel Japans. Zur Region Kyūshū werden weitere, kleinere, Inseln gezählt, oft auch die Inseln der Präfektur Okinawa.
Kyūshū (九州?) ou Kiou-Siou, /k. ɯ ꜜ ː ɕ ɯ / Écouter, est la plus méridionale des quatre îles principales du Japon, la troisième par sa taille. Située en mer de Chine orientale, elle est aussi baignée par la mer des Philippines à l'est, par la mer du Japon au nord-est et par la mer intérieure de Seto au nord.
Kyūshū (Japanese: 九州) is the southernmost of the four main islands of Japan. The climate is slightly warmer and more tropical than Honshu, and the southern and eastern coasts are regularly battered by typhoons each year.
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Kyūshū (九州, Nine Provinces) or Kyushu is the third-largest island of Japan and most southwesterly of its four main islands. Its name refers to the nine ancient provinces (kuni) into which the island was divided.
