Futtsu (富津市 Futtsu-shi) is a city located in Chiba, Japan.
As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 51,528 and the density of 251.17 persons per km². The total area is 205.15 km².
The city was founded on September 1, 1971.
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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