Kyūshū is the third-largest and most southerly of Japan's four main islands. In the past, it has been known as Kyūkoku, Chinzei and Tsukushi-no-shima. The historical regional name Saikaidō referred to Kyushu and its surrounding islands. Kyushu has a land area of 36,782 square kilometres and a population of 14,311,224 in 2018. From Wikipedia