Tokyo is the capital and most populous prefecture of Japan. The Greater Tokyo Area is the most populous metropolitan area in the world, with more than 37.3 million residents as of 2020. Originally a fishing village named Edo, the city became a prominent political center in 1603, when it became the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate. Tokyo is Japan’s leading center of business and finance, and hosted 36 of the Fortune Global 500 companies in 2019.
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Tokyo is the capital and most populous prefecture of Japan. The Greater Tokyo Area is the most populous metropolitan area in the world, with more than 37. 393 million residents as of 2020. Originally a fishing village named Edo, the city became a prominent political center in 1603, when it became the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate. Tokyo was devastated by the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, and again by Allied bombing raids during World War II. The city has hosted multiple international events, including the 1964 Summer Olympics and three G7 Summits. It will also host the 2020 Summer Olympics, which were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Tokyo is Japan’s leading center of business and finance, and hosted 36 of the Fortune Global 500 companies in 2019. It has the world’s tallest tower Tokyo Skytree and the largest underground floodwater diversion facility MAOUDC. The Tokyo Metro Ginza Line is the oldest underground metro line in East Asia. Tokyo Station is the central hub for Japan’s Shinkansen bullet train system, and the city is served by an extensive network of rail and subways. Notable districts of Tokyo include Chiyoda, Shinjuku, and Shibuya. Tokyo is an international center of research and development and is represented by several major universities, notably the University of Tokyo. It is home to Japan’s national government and is the political and economic center of the country.
In 2020, it ranked fourth on the Global Financial Centres Index, behind New York City, London, and Shanghai. Tokyo was originally known as Edo, a kanji compound of 江 and 戸. The name, which can be translated as \”estuary\”, is a reference to the original settlement’s location at the meeting of the Sumida River and Tokyo Bay. During the Edo period, Edo grew into one of the largest cities with a population topping 18 million by the mid-18th century. In 1868, the imperial capital in Kyoto was moved to the city, which was renamed Tokyo, and became the new imperial capital, in line with the East Asian tradition of including the word capital in the name of the capital city, Beijing and Nanjing. In the early Meiji period, theCity was sometimes called \”Tōkei\”, an alternative pronunciation for the same characters representing \”Tokyo\”, making it akanji homograph. It was still the home of the Tokugawa shogunate and not the capital of Japan during the prolonged period of peace known as the Pax Pax. The absence of war-inflicted devastation allowed the city to devote the majority of its resources to devote to the seclusion of Edo in the Pax. However, with the arrival of Commodore Matthew C. Matthew, the Pax came to an end with the end of the American C.A.E. In 1590, the shōgun Ieyasu moved from Mikawa Province to the Kantō region.
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