OFFICIALLY PREFECTURES OF JAPAN THE CAPITAL POPULOUS CITY OF JAPAN GREATER TOKYO AREA METROPOLITAN AREA IN THE WORLD SEAT THE EMPEROR OF JAPAN THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT TOKYO THE REGION SOUTHEASTERN ISLAND HONSHU IZU ISLANDS OGASAWARA ISLANDS FORMERLY KNOWN DE FACTO SEAT OF GOVERNMENT SINCE WHEN SHOGUN TOKUGAWA IEYASU EMPEROR MEIJI THE OLD CAPITAL KYOTO THAT TIME TOKYO METROPOLIS THE MERGER GOVERNED METROPOLITAN PREFECTURE ELEMENTS CHARACTERISTIC UNIQUE TOKYO METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT SPECIAL WARDS OF TOKYO COVER AREA CITY OF TOKYO MERGED METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT MUNICIPALITIES IN THE WESTERN ISLAND CHAINS POPULATION SPECIAL WARDS TOTAL THE WORLDS MOST POPULOUS PEOPLE WORLDS LARGEST URBAN ECONOMY HOSTS THE FORTUNE GLOBAL HIGHEST NUMBER RANKED THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTRES DEVELOPMENT TELEVISION NETWORKS FUJI TV TOKYO MX TV TOKYO TV ASAHI NIPPON TELEVISION TOKYO BROADCASTING SYSTEM FIFTH ECONOMIC POWER INDEX FOURTH CITIES WORLD CITY GAWC INVENTORY IN TOKYO THE BEST OVERALL EXPERIENCE CATEGORY TRIPADVISOR SURVEY CATEGORIES HELPFULNESS NIGHTLIFE SHOPPING LOCAL PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION CLEANLINESS STREETS THE MOST EXPENSIVE MERCER CONSULTING FIRM THE WORLDS MOST EXPENSIVE THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE THE MAGAZINE MONOCLE MICHELIN GUIDE AWARDED MICHELIN STARS THE SAFE EDITION STUDENT UNIVERSITY STUDENT THE SUMMER OLYMPICS THE SUMMIT HOST THE SUMMER PARALYMPICS MEANS ESTUARY NAME CHANGED EAST CAPITAL THE IMPERIAL THE ARRIVAL IN LINE THE EAST ASIAN TRADITION THE WORD THE EARLY MEIJI PERIOD ALTERNATIVE PRONUNCIATION CHINESE CHARACTERS REPRESENTING KANJI HOMOGRAPH SURVIVING ENGLISH DOCUMENTS SPELLING TOKEI THE BOOK PLAN COMMINGLING WRITTEN BY NOBUHIRO THE GOVERNMENT THE MEIJI RESTORATION KANSHI THE IDEA FISHING VILLAGE MUSASHI PROVINCE FORTIFIED EDO CLAN TWELFTH CENTURY EDO CASTLE THE TOWN THE CENTER MILITARY GOVERNMENT EDO PERIOD LARGEST CITIES TOPPING ONE MILLION CAPITAL OF JAPAN EMPEROR LIVED PERIOD PEACE PRESENCE STRINGENT POLICY SECLUSION HELPED LACK MILITARY THREAT THE ABSENCE OF WAR DEVASTATION DEVOTE THE MAJORITY RESOURCES REBUILDING THE WAKE CONSISTENT NATURAL DISASTERS AMERICAN MATTHEW PERRY COMMODORE THE OPENING PORTS HAKODATE LEADING INCREASE DEMAND FOREIGN GOODS SUBSEQUENTLY RISE SOCIAL UNREST HIGHER PRICES RICE SUPPORTERS MEIJI EMPEROR LEVERAGED THE DISRUPTION REBELLIOUS CAUSING POWER THE LAST TOKUGAWA SHOGUN TOKUGAWA ACCORDANCE EASTERN ALREADY THE NATIONS POLITICAL CULTURAL THE EMPERORS IMPERIAL BECOMING PALACE CENTRAL OSAKA ABOUT TO MAJOR RAILWAY STATIONS SUBURBAN RAILWAYS STREET LEVEL CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES BASIC DESIGN SUFFER CATASTROPHES THE CENTURY THE GREAT EARTHQUAKE LEFT DEAD MISSING WORLD WAR II IN THE CITY GOVERNMENT FOR WHAT PREVIOUSLY DESTRUCTION ALLIED AIR JAPAN INCENDIARY BOMBS THE BOMBING OF TOKYO CIVILIANS HALF THE CITY DESTROYED NIGHT THE WAR NEARLY RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS DEMOLISHED CAPITAL CITY LESS THAN THEIR LIVES LIVING RAMSHACKLE HUTS AFTER THE WAR THE WORLD SUNSHINE CONTROVERSIAL AIRPORT NARITA DISTANCE OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS POPULATION INCREASE SUBWAY COMMUTER RAIL NETWORK THE REAL ESTATE REAL ESTATE DEBT BUBBLE THE BUBBLE BURST INDIVIDUALS CAUGHT MORTGAGE DEBTS RECESSION DECADE SEES NEW URBAN LOTS LESS RECENT PROJECTS EBISU GARDEN SHIODOME ROPPONGI HILLS SHINAGAWA SHINKANSEN TOKYO STATION SIGNIFICANCE OMOTESANDO HILLS LAND RECLAMATION GOING ON CENTURIES ODAIBA ENTERTAINMENT CENTER PLANS NATIONAL FUNCTIONS TOKYO TO REGIONS ORDER SLOW DOWN RAPID LAGGING AREAS THE EARTHQUAKE TSUNAMI DEVASTATED NORTHEASTERN COAST FELT DAMAGE MINOR ACTIVITY NUCLEAR CRISIS CAUSED UNAFFECTED RADIATION THE OLYMPIC GAMES THE MAINLAND LIES NORTHWEST TOKYO BAY EAST TO WEST NORTH AVERAGE ELEVATION CHIBA PREFECTURE BORDERS KANAGAWA SAITAMA TO THE NORTH MAINLAND TAMA AREA STRETCHING BOUNDARIES THE PACIFIC OCEAN SOUTH STRETCH AWAY THESE ISLANDS MOUNTAINOUS POPULATION DENSITY JAPANESE LAW DESIGNATED TRANSLATED METROPOLIS STRUCTURE SIMILAR PREFECTURES MUNICIPALITIES STATUS ADDITION FIVE TOWNS EIGHT THE WHOLE PUBLICLY GOVERNOR HEADQUARTERS SHINJUKU TOKYO CITY FORMING THE CURRENT INCORPORATED CITY FALLING JURISDICTION OF WARD BOROUGH LEADER CITIES OF JAPAN ENGLISH NAME CHIYODA CITY RELATIONSHIP PREFECTURAL CERTAIN MUNICIPAL SEWERAGE HANDLED COLLECTS BUNKYO CHIYODA ITABASHI KITA MEGURO NAKANO NERIMA SETAGAYA SHIBUYA SUGINAMI TOSHIMA WARDS OF TOKYO THE BUSINESS CORE DAYTIME SEVEN TIMES NIGHTTIME CHIYODA WARD HEART POPULATED JAPANESE COMPANIES THE NATIONAL THE JAPANESE EMPEROR POLITICAL CENTER AKIHABARA OTAKU CULTURAL CENTER DISTRICT COMPUTER THE WEST OF CITIES TOWNS AND VILLAGES ENJOY LEGAL STATUS ELSEWHERE BED TOWNS COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL COLLECTIVELY WESTERN TOKYO LIE AKIRUNO AKISHIMA FUSSA HAMURA HIGASHIKURUME HIGASHIMURAYAMA HIGASHIYAMATO INAGI KIYOSE KODAIRA KOGANEI KOMAE KUNITACHI MACHIDA MITAKA MUSASHIMURAYAMA MUSASHINO TACHIKAWA TAMA TAMA NEW TOWN REGIONAL CENTERS DISPERSE FAR WEST THE DISTRICT THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN MOUNT KUMOTORI HIGH MOUNTAINS TAKASU LAKE OKUTAMA TAMA RIVER YAMANASHI PREFECTURE HINODE MIZ