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Fukuoka (Japanese: 福岡市, Fukuoka-shi, [ɸɯ̥kɯoka ꜜɕi] ⓘ) is the sixth-largest city in Japan and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city is built along the shores of Hakata Bay, and has been a center of international commerce since ancient times. The area has long been considered the gateway to the country, as it is ...
Fukuoka Prefecture had the highest frequency of youth crime among the prefectures of Japan from 2003 to 2007. [ 20 ] According to statistics from the national police, the crime rate in Fukuoka was the eighth-highest in 2017, lower than in Osaka , Tokyo , Hyogo , Aichi , Saitama , Chiba and Ibaraki .
Kane Tanaka (田中 カ子, Tanaka Kane, née Ōta (太田); 2 January 1903 – 19 April 2022) was a Japanese supercentenarian who, until her death at the age of 119 years, 107 days, was the world's oldest verified living person, following the death of Chiyo Miyako on 22 July 2018.
Fukuoka Kokusai Center opens. 1982 Subway Hakozaki Line begins operating. Fukuoka City Archaeology Center established. 1983 - Subway Gion Station opens. 1989 Fukuoka Tower built. Fukuoka Hawks baseball team active. [18] 1990 Fukuoka City Museum established. Population: 1,221,600. [7] 1993 - Fukuoka Dome (stadium) opens.
Fukuoka Broadcasting System Corporation (株式会社福岡放送, Kabushiki Gaisha Fukuoka Hōsō, FBS), callsign JOFH-DTV (channel 5) is a Japanese TV station licensed to Fukuoka that serves as the affiliate of the Nippon News Network (NNN) and the Nippon Television Network System (NNS) for the Fukuoka Prefecture.
Hakata Gion Yamakasa (博多祇園山笠) is a Japanese festival celebrated from the 1st until the 15th of July in Hakata, Fukuoka. The festivities are centered on the Kushida Jinja . The festival is famous for the Kakiyama, that weigh around one ton and are carried around the city as an act of float -racing.
Dean Fujioka was born in Sukagawa, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.Moving with his family, he grew up in Kamagaya, Chiba Prefecture.Although Fujioka is multilingual (fluent in Japanese, English, Cantonese, Standard Mandarin, Indonesian) and made his debut in a Chinese fashion show, he has clarified in some interviews and variety shows that his parents and grandparents are all Japanese, [4] who ...
Fukuoka was born on 2 February 1913 in Iyo, Ehime, Japan, the second son of Kameichi Fukuoka, an educated and wealthy land owner and local leader.He attended Gifu Prefecture Agricultural College and trained as a microbiologist and agricultural scientist, beginning a career as a research scientist specialising in plant pathology.