 However, the Japanese were again aided by severe weather, this time by a typhoon that struck a crushing blow to the Mongolian troops, thwarting the invasion.It was this typhoon that came to be called the "Kamikaze" ("Divine Wind"), and was the origin of the term Kamikaze used to indicate suicide attacks by military aviators of the Empire of Japan against Allied naval vessels during World War II.Fukuoka was formerly the residence of the powerful "daimyō" of Chikuzen Province, and played an important part in the medieval history of Japan.