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  2. Fukuoka - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Prefectures of Japan - Wikipedia

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    The Classical Chinese character from which this is derived implies a core urban zone of national importance. Before World War II, different laws applied to fu and ken, but this distinction was abolished after the war, and the two types of prefecture are now functionally the same.

  4. Hakata dialect - Wikipedia

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    Hakata dialect (博多弁, Hakata-ben) is a Japanese dialect spoken in Fukuoka city. [1] Hakata dialect originated in Hakata commercial district, while a related Fukuoka dialect (福岡弁, Fukuoka-ben) was spoken in the central district. [2] Hakata dialect has spread throughout the city and its suburbs.

  5. Earthly Branches - Wikipedia

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    The Earthly Branches (also called the Terrestrial Branches or the 12-cycle [1]) are a system of twelve ordered symbols used throughout East Asia.They are indigenous to China, and are themselves Chinese characters, corresponding to words with no concrete meaning other than the associated branch's ordinal position in the list.

  6. Chinese people in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Many of these daimyo encouraged Chinese immigration to Japan due to their skills and boost to the local economy. [40] Many Chinese communities would be established in Japan, especially on the island of Kyushu. [40] Many Chinese pirates would set up their bases in Japan in order to launch raid and attacks on mainland China as part of the wokou.

  7. List of Japanese prefectural name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    origin and meaning of name Aichi: 愛知県: Aichi-ken (愛知県) means "love knowledge". In the third volume of the Man'yōshū there is a poem by Takechi Kurohito that reads: "The cry of the crane, calling to Sakurada; it sounds like the tide, draining from Ayuchi flats, hearing the crane cry".

  8. Hukou - Wikipedia

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    During the Great Chinese Famine from 1958 to 1962, having an urban versus a rural hukou could mean the difference between life and death. [28] During this period, nearly all of the approximately 600 million rural hukou residents were collectivized into village communal farms, where their agricultural output -– after state taxes – would be ...

  9. Fuk - Wikipedia

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    a Chinese character meaning "fortune" (福), also transliterated Fook, Fuku, or Fu; FUK, IATA code of Fukuoka Airport in Japan; a Chinese given name: Fuk Li (Chinese: 李復國), physicist at NASA; a misspelling, internet spelling, or phonetic spelling of the word fuck; Fukuchilite, a copper iron sulfide mineral (IMA symbol)