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- Fukushima CityFukushima, Fukushimais the capital city of Fukushima Prefecture in the Tōhoku Region of Japan. As of May 2011 the city has an estimated population of 290,064 and an area of 746.43 km².It lies about 250 km north of Tokyo and 80 km south of Sendai.-History:...
– the capital city of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan - Fukushima PrefectureFukushima Prefectureis a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region on the island of Honshu. The capital is the city of Fukushima.-History:Until the Meiji Restoration, the area of Fukushima prefecture was known as Mutsu Province....
– a Japanese prefecture - Two nuclear power plants located in Fukushima Prefecture:
- Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
- The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disasterFukushima Daiichi nuclear disasterThe is a series of equipment failures, nuclear meltdowns, and releases of radioactive materials at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant, following the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on 11 March 2011. The plant comprises six separate boiling water reactors originally designed by General Electric ,...
of March 2011
- The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster
- Fukushima II Nuclear Power PlantFukushima II Nuclear Power PlantThe , or Fukushima Dai-ni , is a nuclear power plant located on a site in the town of Naraha and Tomioka in the Futaba District of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan...
(Fukushima Dai-ni)
- Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
- Fukushima-ku, OsakaFukushima-ku, Osakais one of 24 wards of Osaka city, Japan.The ward is primarily a residential quarter, but has some office buildings and a commercial district, as well as factories and wholesale businesses....
– a ward in OsakaOsakais a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
, Japan - Fukushima, HokkaidōFukushima, Hokkaidois a town located in Matsumae District, Oshima, Hokkaidō, Japan.As of 2008, the town has an estimated population of 5,549 and a density of 30.28 persons per km². The total area is 187.23 km².Industries in the town include squid fishing and tourism...
– a town in Hokkaido, Japan - Fukushima-jukuFukushima-jukuwas the thirty-seventh of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō, as well as the fifth of eleven stations on the Kisoji. It is located in the present-day town of Kiso, in the Kiso District of Nagano Prefecture, Japan.-History:...
– a former post town on the Nakasendō and Kisoji, located in Nagano Prefecture - Fukushima Industries Corp. – a refrigerator company
- Fukushima UniversityFukushima University, abbreviated to , is a national university in Japan. The main campus is located in Kanayagawa, Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture.- History :Fukushima University was established in 1949 by integrating three national colleges in Fukushima City: , and ....
– a national university in Japan - Mount FukushimaMount FukushimaMount Fukushima is the highest massif in the Queen Fabiola Mountains of Antarctica, standing just north of Yamato Glacier. The rock massif rises 1,600 m above the local ice surface and has many ragged peaks. Discovered in 1960 by the BelgAE, under Guido Derom...
– peak in Antarctica
People
Fukushima is a Japanese surnameJapanese name
in modern times usually consist of a family name , followed by a given name. "Middle names" are not generally used.Japanese names are usually written in kanji, which are characters of usually Chinese origin in Japanese pronunciation...
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- Keido FukushimaKeido FukushimaKeido Fukushima （福島 慶道, Fukushima Keidō 1933 – March 1, 2011） was a Japanese Rinzai master who has had an influence on Rinzai practice in the United States. He was the abbot of Tofuku-ji in Kyoto, Japan, where several American teachers and Muho Noelke, the German abbot of Antaiji, have trained...
– a Japanese Rinzai Zen Master and abbot of Tōfuku-ji in Kyoto - Koji FukushimaKoji Fukushimawas a Japanese professional racing cyclist. He retired at the end of the 2008 season. His brother, Shinichi Fukushima, is also a professional cyclist.-Career highlights:# 2003: 3º in General Classification GP Chantal Biya...
– a Japanese professional cyclist - Kunihiko Fukushima – inventor of the NeocognitronNeocognitronThe neocognitron is a hierarchical multilayered neural network proposed by Professor Kunihiko Fukushima. It has been used for handwritten character recognition and other pattern recognition tasks....
- Masami FukushimaMasami Fukushimawas a Japanese science fiction editor, author, critic, and translator. As the first chief editor of SF Magazine, he endeavoured to propagate science fiction in Japan and became known as the "Demon of SF". His real name is . He also used the pen name: ....
– a Japanese science fiction editor, translator and writer. - Fukushima MasanoriFukushima Masanoriwas a Japanese daimyo of the late Sengoku Period to early Edo Period who served as lord of the Hiroshima Domain. A retainer of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, he fought in the battle of Shizugatake in 1583, and soon became known as one of Seven Spears of Shizugatake which also included Katō Kiyomasa and...
– a samurai during the Sengoku period - Mizuho FukushimaMizuho Fukushimais a Japanese politician. She has been a member of the House of Councillors since 1998, was re-elected in 2004 and 2010,and is the current chair of the Social Democratic Party of Japan, a position she has held since 2003....
– a Japanese politician, chairperson of Social Democratic PartySocial Democratic Party (Japan)The Social Democratic Party The Social Democratic Party The Social Democratic Party (社会民主党 Shakai Minshu-tō, often abbreviated to 社民党 Shamin-tō; also known as the Social Democratic Party of Japan (abbreviated to SDPJ or SDP in English) is a political party that advocates for the establishment of a... - Satoshi Fukushima, actor
- Shinichi FukushimaShinichi Fukushimais a Japanese professional racing cyclist, currently riding for Terengganu Pro Cycling Team. Starting cycling at Shinshu University, Fukushima practiced road racing in Holland before becoming professional with Team Bridgestone Anchor in 1996. He has competed around the world, winning races in both...
– a Japanese professional cyclist - Tadashi FukushimaTadashi FukushimaTadashi Fukushima is a retired long-distance runner from Japan, whose personal best in the men's 10,000 metres was 28:29.29, achieved at the 1993 World Championships. He won the silver medal in the 10,000 m from the 1993 East Asian Games in Shanghai.-Achievements:-References:...
– a Japanese long-distance runner - Fukushima YasumasaFukushima Yasumasa-External links:...
– a Japanese military leader - Yumiko Fukushima – a former Japanese announcer, wife of Ichiro SuzukiIchiro Suzuki, usually known simply as is a Major League Baseball right fielder for the Seattle Mariners. Ichiro has established a number of batting records, including the sport's single-season record for hits with 262...
- Haruka FukushimaHaruka Fukushimais a Japanese shōjo manga artist. She made her manga debut in 1999 in Nakayoshi Magazine with her award-winning manga Sakuranbo Kiss. She considers Otona ni Nuts to be her masterpiece...
– a shōjo manga artist