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Kokura

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Kokura: see Kitakyushu Kitakyushu (kētä`kysh
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Kokura
a former city in SW Japan, on N Kyushu: merged with adjacent townships in 1963 to form the new city of Kitakyushu


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Kokura, Hiroshima, Niigata, and Kyoto were named to the original target list, in part because they had suffered relatively less bombing damage than other Japanese cities, so that the impact of the atomic bomb would be more apparent.
Adjacent to the historic Kokura Caste, Murasaki River and surrounding Katsuyama Park, RiverWalk Kitakyushu is aesthetically and technologically modern yet deeply rooted in the region's rich heritage and is truly a symbol of the city's rebirth.
Ichiro Nakahara at Kokura Memorial Hospital in Kokura, Japan.
 
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