According to Victory at Sea (H.Saloman and R.Hanser, 1959. Doubleday & Co., which is a questionable and certainly biased as a historical account) Futtsu was on 30 Aug 1945 the site of the initial Allied landing on the Japanese mainland following the declared suerrender. This was a test whether the Japanese would obey the Emperor's surrender order. There was no resistance.
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Official website (http://www.city.futtsu.chiba.jp/) in Japanese
Chiba Prefecture was established on June 15, 1873 with the merger of Kisarazu Prefecture and Inba Prefecture.
Chiba borders Ibaraki Prefecture to the north at the Tone River, Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture to the west at the Edo River, the Pacific Ocean to the east and Tokyo Bay around its southern boundary.
Chiba's population is one of the wealthiest in Japan due to the prefecture's strong commercial and industrial sectors.
Chiba Prefecture was established on June 15, 1873 with the merger of Kisarazu Prefecture and Inba Prefecture.
Chiba borders Ibaraki Prefecture to the north at the Tone River, Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture to the west at the Edo River, the Pacific Ocean to the east and Tokyo Bay around its southern boundary.
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