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Fukatsu Eri
Fukatsu Eri (深津 絵里), born 1973 in Ōita Prefecture, is a Japanese actress and former pop singer, nationally known as Onda Sumire in Bayside Shakedown and a three-time Japan Academy Prize winner.
Fukaya category
The Fukaya category is an A-infinity category whose objects are Lagrangian submanifolds of a symplectic manifold, with composition defined by counting pseudoholomorphic curves; Kenji Fukaya introduced it in 1993.
Fuke (Exempted Client) Grants
Fuke (Exempted Client) Grants (復客制) were grants by Eastern Wu under Sun Quan of tax-exempt client households to the families of meritorious generals, chiefly during the Jian'an era.
Fukko Yōmeigaku
Fukko Yōmeigaku (復古陽明学) is the modern revival of Yōmeigaku, the Japanese branch of the Wang Yangming school of Confucianism, promoted by Meiji and Taishō scholars and magazines.
Fukomys
Fukomys, tropical or common mole-rats, is a genus of subterranean African rodents (Bathyergidae) erected in 2006, with 16 recognized species including the Damara mole-rat F. damarensis, eusocial monogamous colonies, and long-lived breeders.
Fukrey (फुकरे)
Fukrey (फुकरे) is a 2013 Hindi comedy directed by Mrighdeep Singh Lamba for Excel Entertainment, starring Pulkit Samrat, Varun Sharma, Manjot Singh, Ali Fazal, and Richa Chadha; a semi-hit Delhi-set film that spawned Fukrey Returns and Fukrey 3.
Fukrey (फुकरे) (film series)
Fukrey (फुकरे) is a Hindi comedy film franchise of three Delhi-set films (2013, 2017, 2023) by Excel Entertainment, directed by Mrighdeep Singh Lamba, starring Pulkit Samrat, Varun Sharma, Ali Fazal, Manjot Singh and Richa Chadha.
Fukrey 3 (फुकरे 3)
Fukrey 3 (फुकरे 3) is a 2023 Hindi comedy-drama, the third Fukrey film, directed by Mrighdeep Singh Lamba for Excel Entertainment, starring Pulkit Samrat, Varun Sharma, Richa Chadha, and Pankaj Tripathi; released 28 September 2023, it grossed ₹128.37 crore worldwide.
Fukrey Returns
Fukrey Returns (2017) is a Hindi comedy sequel to Fukrey, directed by Mrigdeep Singh Lamba for Excel Entertainment, reuniting Pulkit Samrat, Varun Sharma, Ali Fazal, Manjot Singh, and Richa Chadha; critically panned but a hit, earning ₹112.95 crore worldwide.
Fukui
Fukui (福井県, Fukui-ken) is a Japanese prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast in Hokuriku, capital Fukui City, established 1881; population 728,588 (2025), known for dinosaur fossils, eyeglasses, and heavy snow.
Fukui function
The Fukui function is a local reactivity descriptor of conceptual density functional theory, named for Kenichi Fukui, that locates the sites in a molecule most favorable for electrophilic or nucleophilic attack.
Fukui-shi
Fukui-shi (福井市), capital of Fukui Prefecture on the Fukui Plain, a core city of about 251,000 people; former Asakura seat at Ichijōdani, rebuilt after the 1945 air raid and 1948 M7.1 earthquake, Shinkansen opened 2024.
Fukūkenjaku Kannon
Fukūkenjaku Kannon (不空羂索観音), also read Fukūkensaku Kannon, is a Japanese esoteric form of the bodhisattva Kannon whose noose catches and saves every sentient being; his celebrated 746 statue stands at Tōdai-ji.
Fukūkenjaku Kannon of Kōfuku-ji
The Fukūkenjaku Kannon of Kōfuku-ji, also read Fukūkensaku Kannon, is a National Treasure wooden seated statue carved by Kōkei in 1188–1189 as the principal image of Kōfuku-ji's Nanendō in Nara, Japan.
Fukūkenjaku Kannon of Tōdai-ji Hokke-dō
The Fukūkenjaku Kannon of Tōdai-ji Hokke-dō, also read Fukūkensaku Kannon, is an 8th-century standing bodhisattva statue in hollow dry lacquer, the National Treasure main icon of Tōdai-ji's Hokke-dō in Nara.
Fukumi Shimura
Fukumi Shimura (志村ふくみ, born 1924) is a Japanese dyeing-and-weaving artist who weaves kimonos from plant-dyed tsumugi silk, certified a Living National Treasure in 1990 and known for her Tale of Genji series.
Fukuoka (福岡)
Fukuoka (福岡), also known through its historic quarter Hakata, is a Kyushu, Japan city of about 1.64 million formed in 1889, known for the AD 57 gold seal, Hakata Port, Fukuoka Airport, and its 1890 one-vote renaming vote.
Fukuoka City Botanical Gardens
Fukuoka City Botanical Garden (福岡市植物園) is a municipal botanical garden in Chuo Ward, Fukuoka, Japan, opened in 1980 on the former Hirao water purification plant site; it forms the botanical half of Fukuoka Zoo and Botanical Garden, with a 2,800 m² greenhouse and a 230-variety rose garden.
Fukuoka Financial Group
Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (株式会社ふくおかフィナンシャルグループ) is a Japanese regional bank holding company in Fukuoka City, formed in 2007 and operating five banks across Kyushu, including the Bank of Fukuoka.
Fukuoka LNG Terminal
The Fukuoka LNG Terminal, the LNG base at Saibu Gas's Fukuhoku Works (福北工場) in Higashi-ku, Fukuoka City, Japan, imported Malaysian LNG from 1993 until its closure in 2015.
Fukuoka Municipal Zoo and Botanical Garden
Fukuoka Municipal Zoo and Botanical Garden (福岡市動植物園), a municipal zoo (opened 1953) and botanical garden (1980) sharing a hillside in Minami Park, Chuo Ward, Fukuoka, Japan; 91 animal species, about 2,600 plant kinds, 600 yen adult admission.
Fukuoka Prefecture (福岡県)
Fukuoka Prefecture (福岡県), a Japanese prefecture in northern Kyushu with capital Fukuoka City. About 499,000 ha, 5.1 million people (9th nationally), two designated cities, and a historic gateway to China and Korea.
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (福岡ソフトバンクホークス)
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (福岡ソフトバンクホークス), NPB Pacific League team at MIZUHO PayPay Dome Fukuoka; founded 1938 as Nankai, moved to Fukuoka 1989, SoftBank-owned since 2005; 21 pennants, 12 Japan Series titles including 2025 and 2026 third straight league crown.
Fukushima Daiichi decommissioning
Fukushima Daiichi decommissioning is the decades-long project to dismantle the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan, whose three reactors melted down after the earthquake and tsunami of March 2011.
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (福島第一原子力発電所)
Fukushima Daiichi (福島第一原子力発電所) is a retired six-reactor nuclear power station in Okuma and Futaba, Japan, where a 2011 tsunami caused meltdowns rated INES Level 7.
Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant
Fukushima Daini (福島第二原子力発電所) is a four-unit, 4,400 MW boiling water reactor nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, shut down since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
Fukushima Masanori
Fukushima Masanori (福島正則; 1561–1624) was a Japanese daimyo, one of the Seven Spears of Shizugatake under Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who held Hiroshima until his 1619 attainder.
Fukushima Masanori's attainder
Fukushima Masanori's attainder (福島正則改易) was the Tokugawa shogunate's 1619 confiscation of his 498,000-koku Hiroshima domain, officially for unauthorized castle repairs but really part of its culling of Toyotomi-loyal daimyo.
Fukushima nuclear accident
The Fukushima nuclear accident, also called the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident, was a 2011 Level 7 nuclear accident in Japan caused by an earthquake and tsunami, with meltdowns in three reactors.
Fukushima Prefecture (福島県)
Fukushima Prefecture (福島県), a Tohoku prefecture of Japan, third largest by area at 13,783.90 km², formed in 1876 from Fukushima, Wakamatsu, and Iwasaki prefectures; divided into Hamadori, Nakadori, and Aizu; capital Fukushima City.