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Fuchū, city, central Tokyo to (metropolis), east-central Honshu, Japan. It is situated on the Tama River (south) and is bordered on its other three sides by other cities in the metropolis, including Hino (west) and Chōfu (east).

As the capital of ancient Musashi province from about the 7th century ce, it flourished as a post town and regional commercial and administrative centre. Fuchū declined when it was bypassed by the railway between Tokyo and Tachikawa (1889), but it revived with the arrival of two other rail lines in the late 1920s and the construction of the Tokyo Racecourse in 1933 (renovated and reopened in 2007).

During World War II, army installations were converted into metal-producing plants; heavy industrialization subsequently continued. Fuchū houses the headquarters of Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force and serves as a residential suburb of the Tokyo-Yokohama metropolitan area. Its population almost doubled between 1960 and 1970. Although the rate of population growth slowed after 1970, the city’s population continued to increase steadily into the early 21st century. Pop. (2010) 255,506; (2015) 260,274.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Michael Ray.