Fukushima

city in Fukushima prefecture, Japan
Place prefectural_capital_of_japan Q161176
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Fukushima

Summary

Fukushima is a prefectural capital of Japan[1]. Fukushima draws 10,922 Wikipedia views per month (prefectural_capital_of_japan category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Fukushima is located in Fukushima Prefecture[3].
  • Fukushima is in the country of Japan[4].
  • Fukushima's head of government is recorded as Hiroshi Kohata[5].
  • Fukushima's instance of is recorded as prefectural capital of Japan[6].
  • Fukushima's instance of is recorded as big city[7].
  • Fukushima's instance of is recorded as city of Japan[8].
  • Fukushima's instance of is recorded as core city of Japan[9].
  • Fukushima's shares border with is recorded as Nihonmatsu[10].
  • Fukushima's shares border with is recorded as Date[11].
  • Fukushima's shares border with is recorded as Koori[12].
  • Fukushima's shares border with is recorded as Kawamata[13].
  • Fukushima's shares border with is recorded as Inawashiro[14].
  • Fukushima's shares border with is recorded as Yonezawa[15].
  • Fukushima's shares border with is recorded as Takahata[16].
  • Fukushima's shares border with is recorded as Shiroishi[17].
  • Fukushima's shares border with is recorded as Shichikashuku[18].
  • Fukushima's twinned administrative body is recorded as Arakawa[19].
  • Fukushima's postal code is recorded as 960-8601[20].
  • Fukushima's Commons category is recorded as Fukushima, Fukushima[21].
  • Fukushima's local dialing code is recorded as 024[22].
  • April 1, 1907 marks the founding of Fukushima[23].
  • Fukushima's highest point is recorded as Mount Higashiazuma[24].
  • Fukushima's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 37.76080555555556, 'lon': 140.47472222222223}[25].
  • Fukushima's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Fukushima Basin[26].
  • Fukushima's mascot is recorded as Momorin[27].

Body

Geography

Fukushima is in the country of Japan[4]. Fukushima is located in Fukushima Prefecture[3].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+284282'}[28], {'amount': '+294247'}[29], and {'amount': '+292590'}[30].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include prefectural capital of Japan[6], big city[7], city of Japan[8], and core city of Japan[9].

History and Context

April 1, 1907 marks the founding of Fukushima[23].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Fukushima include Fukushima Station[31], a railway station[32], in Japan[33], founded in 1887[34].

Why It Matters

Fukushima draws 10,922 Wikipedia views per month (prefectural_capital_of_japan category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] Fukushima has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] Fukushima is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Entities named for Fukushima include Fukushima Station[31], a railway station[32], in Japan[33], founded in 1887[34].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . pref.fukushima.lg.jp. Retrieved . pref.fukushima.lg.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . e-stat.go.jp. Retrieved . e-stat.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . e-stat.go.jp. Retrieved . e-stat.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gnd id → 4332074-0
    Located in time zone → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'ar', 'arz', 'az', 'azb', 'ban', 'bcl', 'be', 'br', 'ca', 'ce', 'ceb', 'c
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → fukushima
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: fukushima, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289929149|fukushima (#289929149)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix"
  3. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1uh1lD
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  4. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0351637-Fukusima-Tohoku-Japonsko
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0351637-Fukusima-Tohoku-Japonsko, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  5. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for people born here → Q9224772
    Official website → https://www.city.fukushima.fukushima.jp/
    Capital of → Fukushima Prefecture, Fukushima Domain
    Website → —
    + 35 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 179658, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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