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One of the biggest battles in world history was planned for Kyushu, with the scheduled American invasion in November, 1945 named "Operation Olympic". With millions of soldiers, sailors and airmen on both sides getting ready, it never happened because Japan surrendered in August.   

One of the biggest battles in world history was planned for Kyushu, with the scheduled American invasion in November, 1945 named "Operation Olympic". With millions of soldiers, sailors and airmen on both sides getting ready, it never happened because Japan surrendered in August.   

Thanks to good transport and communications, land availability, local government policy, and labor supply, Kyushu emerged in the 1970s as a major regional concentration of memory chip assembly.  In Kumamoto prefecture alone there were 10 of these plants by 1980, the leader of which is Nippon Electric. Using young women as skilled labor, and a highly developed quality control system, the industry became world famous.  The research and design work, however, is done in Tokyo.  

Thanks to good transport and communications, land availability, local government policy, and labor supply, Kyushu emerged in the 1970s as a major regional concentration of memory chip assembly.  In Kumamoto prefecture alone there were 10 of these plants by 1980, the leader of which is Nippon Electric. Using young women as skilled labor, and a highly developed quality control system, the industry became world-famous.  The research and design work, however, is done in Tokyo.  

==Bibliography==  

==Bibliography==  

*  Chamberlain, Basil Hall ''A Handbook for Travellers in Japan'' (1901) [https://books.google.com/books?id=qMmP9eQQohwC&pg=RA4-PA444&dq=Shikoku&lr=&num=30&as_brr=0 online edition]   

*  Chamberlain, Basil Hall ''A Handbook for Travellers in Japan'' (1901) [https://books.google.com/books?id=qMmP9eQQohwC&pg=RA4-PA444&dq=Shikoku&lr=&num=30&as_brr=0 online edition]   

== See also ==

== See also ==

*[[Nagasaki]]

*[[Nagasaki]]

== External links ==

== External links ==

*[http://www.japan-guide.com/list/e1108.html Kyushu]

*[http://www.japan-guide.com/list/e1108.html Kyushu]

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