Tokyo (/ˈtoʊkioʊ/;
Japanese: 東京, Tōkyō, [toːkʲoː]ⓘ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis (東京都, Tōkyō-to), is the
capital city of
Japan and
one of the most populous cities in the world with a population of over 14 million residents as of 2023.
Tokyo Metropolitan Area, which includes Tokyo and nearby six
prefectures, is the world's first most-populous metropolitan area in the world, with 40.8 million residents . Tokyo's nominal gross domestic output was 113.7 trillion yen or US$1.04 trillion in FY2021 and accounted for 20.7% of the country's total economic output, which is coverted to 8.07 million yen or US$73,820 per capita. Including the Greater Tokyo Area, Tokyo is the
second-largest metropolitan economy in the world after
New York, with a 2022 gross metropolitan product estimated at US$2.08 trillion.
Located at the head of
Tokyo Bay, Tokyo is part of the
Kantō region on the central coast of
Honshu, Japan's largest island. Tokyo serves as Japan's economic center and the seat of both the
Japanese government and the
Emperor of Japan. The
Tokyo Metropolitan Government administers Tokyo's central
23 special wards (which formerly made up
Tokyo City), various commuter towns and suburbs in
its western area, and two outlying island chains known as the
Tokyo Islands. Despite most of the world recognising Tokyo as a city, since 1943 its governing structure has been more akin to a prefecture, with an accompanying
Governor and
Assembly taking precedence over the smaller municipal governments which make up the metropolis. Notable special wards in Tokyo include
Chiyoda, the site of the
National Diet Building and the
Tokyo Imperial Palace,
Shinjuku, the city's administrative center, and
Shibuya, a commercial, cultural, and business hub in the city.
Before the 17th century, Tokyo, then known as Edo, was mainly a fishing village. It gained political prominence in 1603 when it became the seat of the
Tokugawa shogunate. By the mid-18th century, Edo was among the world's largest cities with over a million residents. Following the
Meiji Restoration in 1868, the imperial capital in
Kyoto was moved to Edo, and the city was renamed Tokyo (
lit.'Eastern Capital'). In 1923, Tokyo was damaged substantially by the
Great Kantō earthquake, and the city was later badly damaged by
allied bombing raids during
World War II. Beginning in the late 1940s, Tokyo underwent rapid reconstruction and expansion that contributed to the era's so-called
Japanese economic miracle in which
Japan's economy propelled to the
second-largest in the world behind
that of the United States. , the city is home to 29 of the world's largest 500 companies listed in the annual
Fortune Global 500. (Full article...)
The Tokyo subway sarin attack (地下鉄サリン事件, Chikatetsu Sarin Jiken, "Subway Sarin Incident") was an act of
domestic terrorism perpetrated on 20 March 1995, in
Tokyo, Japan, by members of the cult movement
Aum Shinrikyo. In five coordinated attacks, the perpetrators released
sarin on three lines of the
Tokyo Metro (then Teito Rapid Transit Authority) during rush hour, killing 13 people, severely injuring 50 (some of whom later died), and causing temporary vision problems for nearly 1,000 others. The attack was directed against trains passing through
Kasumigaseki and
Nagatachō, where the
National Diet (Japanese parliament) is headquartered in Tokyo.
The group, led by
Shoko Asahara, had already carried out several assassinations and terrorist attacks using sarin, including the
Matsumoto sarin attack nine months earlier. They had also produced several other nerve agents, including
VX, and attempted to produce
botulinum toxin and had perpetrated several failed acts of
bioterrorism. Asahara had been made aware of a police raid scheduled for 22 March and had planned the Tokyo subway attack in order to hinder police investigations into the cult and perhaps spark the
apocalypse they believed in. The leader also wanted to start a
Third World War. (Full article...)
Image 10Folding screen view of Edo in the 17th century, showing Edo Castle on the upper right corner (from History of Tokyo)
Image 11A social hierarchy chart based on old academic theories. Such hierarchical diagrams were removed from Japanese textbooks after various studies in the 1990s revealed that peasants, craftsmen, and merchants were in fact equal and merely social categories. Successive shoguns held the highest or near-highest
court ranks, higher than most court nobles. (from History of Tokyo)
Image 12A kawaraban (news broadsheet) depicting the damage of the 1855 earthquake (from History of Tokyo)
Image 32Picture of the Upper Class, a c. 1794–1795 painting by Utamaro. The woman on the left is lower in class than the woman on the right, who wears more colorful clothes (from History of Tokyo)
Image 41The five-story pagoda of
Kan'ei-ji, which was constructed during the reign of
Tokugawa Hidetada and required the building of the Kimon (Devil's Gate) (from History of Tokyo)
... that
Allen Ravenstine, who used a synthesizer to emulate the sound of an airplane's engine on "30 Seconds Over Tokyo", later became an airline pilot?
Tokyo (/ˈtoʊkioʊ/;
Japanese: 東京, Tōkyō, [toːkʲoː]ⓘ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis (東京都, Tōkyō-to), is the
capital city of
Japan and
one of the most populous cities in the world with a population of over 14 million residents as of 2023.
Tokyo Metropolitan Area, which includes Tokyo and nearby six
prefectures, is the world's first most-populous metropolitan area in the world, with 40.8 million residents . Tokyo's nominal gross domestic output was 113.7 trillion yen or US$1.04 trillion in FY2021 and accounted for 20.7% of the country's total economic output, which is coverted to 8.07 million yen or US$73,820 per capita. Including the Greater Tokyo Area, Tokyo is the
second-largest metropolitan economy in the world after
New York, with a 2022 gross metropolitan product estimated at US$2.08 trillion.
Located at the head of
Tokyo Bay, Tokyo is part of the
Kantō region on the central coast of
Honshu, Japan's largest island. Tokyo serves as Japan's economic center and the seat of both the
Japanese government and the
Emperor of Japan. The
Tokyo Metropolitan Government administers Tokyo's central
23 special wards (which formerly made up
Tokyo City), various commuter towns and suburbs in
its western area, and two outlying island chains known as the
Tokyo Islands. Despite most of the world recognising Tokyo as a city, since 1943 its governing structure has been more akin to a prefecture, with an accompanying
Governor and
Assembly taking precedence over the smaller municipal governments which make up the metropolis. Notable special wards in Tokyo include
Chiyoda, the site of the
National Diet Building and the
Tokyo Imperial Palace,
Shinjuku, the city's administrative center, and
Shibuya, a commercial, cultural, and business hub in the city.
Before the 17th century, Tokyo, then known as Edo, was mainly a fishing village. It gained political prominence in 1603 when it became the seat of the
Tokugawa shogunate. By the mid-18th century, Edo was among the world's largest cities with over a million residents. Following the
Meiji Restoration in 1868, the imperial capital in
Kyoto was moved to Edo, and the city was renamed Tokyo (
lit.'Eastern Capital'). In 1923, Tokyo was damaged substantially by the
Great Kantō earthquake, and the city was later badly damaged by
allied bombing raids during
World War II. Beginning in the late 1940s, Tokyo underwent rapid reconstruction and expansion that contributed to the era's so-called
Japanese economic miracle in which
Japan's economy propelled to the
second-largest in the world behind
that of the United States. , the city is home to 29 of the world's largest 500 companies listed in the annual
Fortune Global 500. (Full article...)
The Tokyo subway sarin attack (地下鉄サリン事件, Chikatetsu Sarin Jiken, "Subway Sarin Incident") was an act of
domestic terrorism perpetrated on 20 March 1995, in
Tokyo, Japan, by members of the cult movement
Aum Shinrikyo. In five coordinated attacks, the perpetrators released
sarin on three lines of the
Tokyo Metro (then Teito Rapid Transit Authority) during rush hour, killing 13 people, severely injuring 50 (some of whom later died), and causing temporary vision problems for nearly 1,000 others. The attack was directed against trains passing through
Kasumigaseki and
Nagatachō, where the
National Diet (Japanese parliament) is headquartered in Tokyo.
The group, led by
Shoko Asahara, had already carried out several assassinations and terrorist attacks using sarin, including the
Matsumoto sarin attack nine months earlier. They had also produced several other nerve agents, including
VX, and attempted to produce
botulinum toxin and had perpetrated several failed acts of
bioterrorism. Asahara had been made aware of a police raid scheduled for 22 March and had planned the Tokyo subway attack in order to hinder police investigations into the cult and perhaps spark the
apocalypse they believed in. The leader also wanted to start a
Third World War. (Full article...)
Image 10Folding screen view of Edo in the 17th century, showing Edo Castle on the upper right corner (from History of Tokyo)
Image 11A social hierarchy chart based on old academic theories. Such hierarchical diagrams were removed from Japanese textbooks after various studies in the 1990s revealed that peasants, craftsmen, and merchants were in fact equal and merely social categories. Successive shoguns held the highest or near-highest
court ranks, higher than most court nobles. (from History of Tokyo)
Image 12A kawaraban (news broadsheet) depicting the damage of the 1855 earthquake (from History of Tokyo)
Image 32Picture of the Upper Class, a c. 1794–1795 painting by Utamaro. The woman on the left is lower in class than the woman on the right, who wears more colorful clothes (from History of Tokyo)
Image 41The five-story pagoda of
Kan'ei-ji, which was constructed during the reign of
Tokugawa Hidetada and required the building of the Kimon (Devil's Gate) (from History of Tokyo)
... that
Allen Ravenstine, who used a synthesizer to emulate the sound of an airplane's engine on "30 Seconds Over Tokyo", later became an airline pilot?
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