Tokyo (東京, Tōkyō?, literally "Eastern capital") listen (help·info) is the capital and one of the forty-seven prefectures of Japan.
Within Tokyo are twenty-three municipalities (the "special wards") which de facto form the "city of Tokyo", though no such city exists de jure. Also in Tokyo are the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, the home of the Japanese Imperial Family.
About 12 million people (10 percent of Japan's population) live in Tokyo. It is the center region of the world's most populous metropolitan area. It is considered one of the world's major global cities and a megacity.
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1 History
2 Geography and administrative divisions
2.1 The twenty-three special wards
2.2 Western Tokyo
2.2.1 Cities
2.2.2 Districts, towns and villages
2.3 Islands
2.3.1 Izu Islands
2.3.2 Ogasawara Islands
2.4 National Parks
3 Economy
4 Demographics
5 Transportation
6 Education
6.1 Universities
6.2 Primary and secondary schools
7 Tourism
8 Tokyo in popular media
9 Sister relationships
10 References
11 External links
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History
Main article: History of Tokyo
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Long a symbol of Tokyo, the Nijubashi Bridge at the Imperial Palace. The general public is allowed to cross this bridge on two days of the year: New Year's Day and the Emperor's birthday on December 23 to greet the Imperial family appearing on a balcony.
Tokyo's rise to importance can be largely attributed to two men: Tokugawa Ieyasu and Emperor Meiji. In 1603, after unifying the warring states of Japan, Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu made Edo (now Tokyo) his base. As a result, the city developed rapidly and grew to become one of the largest cities in the world with a population topping one million by the 18th century. It became the de facto capital of Japan even while the emperor lived in Kyoto, the imperial capital. (See Edo.)
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