Tokyo

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Tokyo (??, '; literally, "eastern capital") is de facto capital of Japan and home to the Japanese government and emperor. It is also the nation's most populous urban area (12 million people, or about 10 percent of the country's population, live in the Tokyo metropolitan area) and one of 47 prefectures of Japan.

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Tokyo's rise to prominence can be largely attributed to two men: Tokugawa Ieyasu and Emperor Meiji. In 1603, after unifying the warring states of Japan, Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu made Edo (now Tokyo) his base of operations. As a result, the city developed rapidly and grew to become one of the largest cities in the world with a population topping 1 million by the 18th century. It became the de facto capital of Japan even while the emperor resided in Kyoto, the imperial capital.

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