Tokyo
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Tokyo was founded on September 6, 1868.
Tokyo
Summary
Tokyo is a metropolitan prefecture[1]. Tokyo has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]
Key Facts
- Tokyo is located in Japan[3].
- Tokyo is in the country of Japan[4].
- Tokyo's head of government is recorded as Yuriko Koike[5].
- Tokyo is on the continent of Asia[6].
- Tokyo's instance of is recorded as metropolitan prefecture[7].
- Tokyo's instance of is recorded as capital of Japan[8].
- Tokyo's instance of is recorded as tourist destination[9].
- Tokyo's instance of is recorded as metropolis[10].
- Tokyo's instance of is recorded as global city[11].
- Tokyo's instance of is recorded as megacity[12].
- Tokyo's instance of is recorded as largest city[13].
- Tokyo's instance of is recorded as big city[14].
- Tokyo's instance of is recorded as prefecture of Japan[15].
- Tokyo's instance of is recorded as metropolis[16].
- Tokyo's instance of is recorded as financial center[17].
- Tokyo's capital is recorded as Shinjuku[18].
- Tokyo's capital is recorded as Tokyo[19].
- Tokyo's shares border with is recorded as Chiba Prefecture[20].
- Tokyo's shares border with is recorded as Saitama Prefecture[21].
- Tokyo's shares border with is recorded as Yamanashi Prefecture[22].
- Tokyo's shares border with is recorded as Kanagawa Prefecture[23].
- Tokyo's anthem is recorded as Tokyo Metropolitan Song[24].
- Tokyo's main regulatory text is recorded as Tōkyō tosei[25].
- Tokyo's main regulatory text is recorded as Local Autonomy Act[26].
- capital city is named after Tokyo[27].
Body
Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Tokyo include tokyoite[28], a mineral species[29]; Saikyō Line[30], a passenger train service[31], in Japan[32], founded in 1985[33]; .tokyo[34], a generic top-level domain[35], founded in 2014[36]; Keihin region[37], an industrial region[38], in Japan[39]; Tokyo Rose[40], a term[41]; Megatokyo[42], a manga series[43], founded in 2000[44], written by Fred Gallagher[45]; Gensokyo[46], a fictional geographic region[47]; and Tōyō Rapid Railway[48], a third sector railways[49], in Japan[50], founded in 1981[51], headquartered in Midorigaoka[52].
Why It Matters
Tokyo has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Tokyo is known by 99 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]
Entities named for Tokyo include tokyoite[28], a mineral species[29]; Saikyō Line[30], a passenger train service[31], in Japan[32], founded in 1985[33]; .tokyo[34], a generic top-level domain[35], founded in 2014[36]; Keihin region[37], an industrial region[38], in Japan[39]; Tokyo Rose[40], a term[41]; and Megatokyo[42], a manga series[43], founded in 2000[44], written by Fred Gallagher[45].