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    Tokyo is the capital city of Japan and the largest city in the world by population, with over 13 million residents. It sits on the southeast coast of Japan's main island of Honshu and includes outlying island chains. Tokyo was originally known as Edo but was renamed Tokyo when it became the imperial capital in 1868. The Tokyo metropolitan government administers the 23 special wards of central Tokyo as well as cities, districts, and islands across the prefecture. Tokyo has a highly developed economy and hosts over half of Japan's largest companies. It is considered a global alpha city and ranked as one of the most expensive, livable, and well-served cities in the world.

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    Tokyo is the capital city of Japan and the largest city in the world by population, with over 13 million residents. It sits on the southeast coast of Japan's main island of Honshu and includes outlying island chains. Tokyo was originally known as Edo but was renamed Tokyo when it became the imperial capital in 1868. The Tokyo metropolitan government administers the 23 special wards of central Tokyo as well as cities, districts, and islands across the prefecture. Tokyo has a highly developed economy and hosts over half of Japan's largest companies. It is considered a global alpha city and ranked as one of the most expensive, livable, and well-served cities in the world.

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    Tokyo is the capital city of Japan and the largest city in the world by population, with over 13 million residents. It sits on the southeast coast of Japan's main island of Honshu and includes outlying island chains. Tokyo was originally known as Edo but was renamed Tokyo when it became the imperial capital in 1868. The Tokyo metropolitan government administers the 23 special wards of central Tokyo as well as cities, districts, and islands across the prefecture. Tokyo has a highly developed economy and hosts over half of Japan's largest companies. It is considered a global alpha city and ranked as one of the most expensive, livable, and well-served cities in the world.

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    Tokyo is the capital city of Japan and the largest city in the world by population, with over 13 million residents. It sits on the southeast coast of Japan's main island of Honshu and includes outlying island chains. Tokyo was originally known as Edo but was renamed Tokyo when it became the imperial capital in 1868. The Tokyo metropolitan government administers the 23 special wards of central Tokyo as well as cities, districts, and islands across the prefecture. Tokyo has a highly developed economy and hosts over half of Japan's largest companies. It is considered a global alpha city and ranked as one of the most expensive, livable, and well-served cities in the world.

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    Tokyo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Tokyo
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Coordinates: 354122.22N 1394130.12E

    Tokyo ( Tky, "Eastern Capital") (Japanese: [tokjo], English /toki.o/), officially Tokyo Metropolis ( Tky-to),[4] is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan.[5] Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area in the world.[6] It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family. Tokyo is in the Kant region on the southeastern side of the main island Honshu and includes the Izu Islands and Ogasawara Islands.[7] Tokyo Metropolis was formed in 1943 from the merger of the former Tokyo Prefecture ( Tkyfu) and the city of Tokyo ( Tky-shi). Tokyo is often thought of as a city but is commonly referred to as a "metropolitan prefecture". The Tokyo metropolitan government administers the 23 Special Wards of Tokyo (each governed as an individual city), which cover the area that was formerly the City of Tokyo before it merged and became the subsequent metropolitan prefecture. The metropolitan government also administers 39 municipalities in the western part of the prefecture and the two outlying island chains. The population of the special wards is over 9 million people, with the total population of the prefecture exceeding 13 million. The prefecture is part of the world's most populous metropolitan area with upwards of 35 million people and the world's largest urban agglomeration economy with a GDP of US$1.479 trillion at purchasing power parity, ahead of the New York metropolitan area in 2008. The city hosts 51 of the Fortune Global 500 companies, the highest number of any city.[8] Tokyo has been described as one of the three "command centres" for the world economy, along with New York City and London.[9] The city is considered an alpha+ world city, listed by the GaWC's 2008 inventory[10] and ranked fourth among global cities by A.T. Kearney's 2012 Global Cities Index.[11] In 2012, Tokyo was named the most expensive city for expatriates, according to the Mercer and Economist Intelligence Unit cost-of-living surveys,[12] and in 2009 named the third Most Liveable City and the Worlds Most Livable Megalopolis by the magazine Monocle.[13] The Michelin Guide has awarded Tokyo by far the most Michelin stars of any city in the world.[14][15] Tokyo hosted the 1964 Summer Olympics and is currently a candidate city for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games.[16]
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    Tokyo
    Metropolis

    Tokyo Metropolis

    From top left: Nishi-Shinjuku, Tokyo Skytree, Rainbow Bridge, Shibuya, National Diet Building

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    S ymbol

    Anthem: Tokyo Metropolitan Song ( Tokyo Toka)[1]

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    Tokyo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Contents
    1 Etymology 2 History 2.1 18691943 2.2 1943present 3 Geography and administrative divisions 3.1 Special wards 3.2 Western Tokyo 3.2.1 Cities 3.2.2 Nishitama District 3.3 Islands 3.4 National parks 3.5 Seismicity 3.6 Climate 4 Environment 5 Demographics 6 Economy 7 Transportation 8 Education 9 Culture 10 Sports 11 In popular culture 12 Cityscape 13 International relations 13.1 Twin towns and sister cities 13.2 Partnerships 14 See also 15 References 16 Bibliography 17 Further reading 17.1 Guides 17.2 Contemporary 18 External links

    Location of Tokyo in Japan

    Satellite photo of Tokyo's 23 Special wards taken by NASA's Landsat 7

    Tokyo

    Location of Tokyo in Japan

    Etymology
    Tokyo was originally known as Edo, which means "estuary".[17] Its name was changed to Tokyo (Tky: t (east) + ky (capital)) when it became the imperial capital in 1868,[18] in line with the East Asian tradition of including the word capital ('') in the name of the capital city.[17] During the early Meiji period, the city was also called "Tkei", an alternative pronunciation for the same Chinese characters representing "Tokyo". Some surviving official English documents use the spelling "Tokei".[19] However, this pronunciation is now obsolete.[20]
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    Coordinates: 354122.22N 1394130.12E Country Region Island Divisions Government Type Governor Capital Area(ranked 45th) Metropolis 2,187.66 km2 (844.66 sq mi)
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    Japan Kant Honshu 23 special wards, 26 cities, 1 district, & 4 subprefectures Metropolis Naoki Inose (I) Shinjuku

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