{"id":31299,"date":"2025-03-17T08:49:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T03:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=31299"},"modified":"2025-04-16T10:50:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T05:20:49","slug":"kyushu-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/kyushu-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyushu Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Kyushu Island Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>The Japanese government recently announced plans to consider deploying long-range missiles on the southwestern island of Kyushu.<\/p>\n<h2>About Kyushu Island<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is the <strong>southernmost and third largest of<\/strong> the <strong>four main islands of Japan<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The island has a land area of 35,640 sq.km.<\/li>\n<li>It is<strong> bordered by<\/strong> the <strong>East China Sea to the west<\/strong> and the <strong>Pacific Ocean to the east.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Eastern Channel<\/strong>, or <strong>Tsushima Strait, separates Kyushu from the Korean Peninsula <\/strong>in the northwest.<\/li>\n<li>A series of volcanic ranges, including the <strong>world\u2019s largest active volcanic crater, Mount Aso<\/strong>, are located in Kyushu.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Highest Peak: Mount Kuju<\/strong> (1,794 m)\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Major parts of Kyushu have a <strong>subtropical climate and heavy rainfall,<\/strong> which supports its subtropical vegetation.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Chikugo <\/strong>(142 km) is the island&#8217;s <strong>longest river.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The <strong>chief cities<\/strong> are the northern industrial complex of <strong>Kita-Ky\u016bsh\u016b,<\/strong> the commercial centre of <strong>Fukuoka<\/strong>, and <strong>Nagasaki<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The main crops raised on the island include <strong>rice, tea, tobacco,<\/strong> sweet potatoes, and citrus fruit.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Industries, concentrated in northern Kyushu, include <strong>iron and steel and chemicals.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Saga ken<\/strong> (prefecture) is famous for <strong>porcelain and pottery.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Kyushu Island FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>. Where is Kyushu island located?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Kyushu Island is located in the southern part of Japan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2<\/strong>. Is Kyushu island a coral island?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. No, Kyushu Island is not a coral island.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3<\/strong>. Which is the highest peak in Kyushu island?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Mount Kuju (1,794 m)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/armyrecognition.com\/news\/army-news\/2025\/breaking-news-japan-to-deploy-anti-ship-missiles-on-kyushu-island-amid-growing-china-and-north-korea-threats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">AR<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kyushu Island is the southernmost and third largest of the four main islands of Japan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":31300,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-31299","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}