WebTokyo, formerly (until 1868) Edo, city and capital of Tokyo to (metropolis) and of Japan. It is located at the head of Tokyo Bay on the Pacific coast of central Honshu. It is the focus of the vast metropolitan area often called Greater Tokyo, the largest urban and industrial agglomeration in Japan. A brief treatment of Tokyo follows. For full treatment, see Tokyo …

WebTokyo (/ ˈ t oʊ k i oʊ /; Japanese: 東京, Tōkyō, ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis (東京都, Tōkyō-to), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo; the city proper has a population of 13.99 million people. Located at the head of Tokyo Bay, the prefecture forms part of the Kantō region on the central coast of ...

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WebMar 09, 2022 · Tokyo, Japan's capital and its most densely populated city, is also the world's largest metropolitan area, with roughly 37.4 million people calling its three prefectures home. Recent population estimates for Tokyo hold that around 8.3 million people live just within the city's traditional boundaries. Tokyo's thriving population shows …

WebChiba Prefecture (千葉県, Chiba-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Chiba Prefecture has a population of 6,278,060 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 5,157 km 2 (1,991 sq mi). Chiba Prefecture borders Ibaraki Prefecture to the north, Saitama Prefecture to the northwest, and Tokyo to the west.. Chiba is the …

WebThe Tokyo prefecture, into which Tokyo city was merged, was home to 13,047,446 people in 2010. But the story doesn't end there -- the Tokyo urban area extends beyond even the prefecture's boundaries. According to a 2016 estimate of Tokyo's population, the metropolis is now home to 13.5 million people , or 9,262,046 in all of the 23 wards.

WebIts population was 8,949,447 as of October 1, 2010, about two-thirds of the population of Tokyo and a quarter of the population of the Greater Tokyo Area. As of December 2012, the population passed 9 million; the 23 wards have a population density of 14,485 per square kilometre (37,501 per square mile). ... Prefectures ("Metropolis, prefecture ...

WebTokyo is the most populated of Japan's 47 prefectures. In Tokyo, there are 53 buildings and structures that stand taller than 187 metres (614 ft). The tallest structure in the prefecture is Tokyo Skytree, a lattice tower that rises 634 metres (2,080 ft), which was completed in 2012. It also stands as the tallest structure in Japan, the tallest tower in the world and the …

WebIwate Prefecture (岩手県, Iwate-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. It is the second-largest Japanese prefecture at 15,275 square kilometres (5,898 sq mi), with a population of 1,210,534 (as of October 1, 2020).

WebTokyo City (東京市, Tōkyō-shi) was a municipality in Japan and part of Tokyo-fu which existed from 1 May 1889 until its merger with its prefecture on 1 July 1943. The historical boundaries of Tokyo City are now occupied by the Special Wards of Tokyo. The new merged government became what is now Tokyo, also known as the Tokyo Metropolis, …