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Tokyo - Japan
Tokyo is located in the Kanto region in the east of the island of Honshu and is the capital of Japan, the move of the Shogunats, de facto since 1603. In addition, Tokyo is also officially capital and seat of the emperor palace since 1868. 8,336,611 people live in the real town. With 31,480,498 inhabitants in the conurbation Tokyo is the largest metro pole region of the world. The region is the financial world, industry, trade and cultural center of Japan with numerous universities, universities, research institutes, theater and museums.
Story of Tokyo
The municipal area has already been settled in the Stone Age cover how archeological finds. Originally Edo was an insignificant fishing port Tokyo under its earlier name. By the year 1457 a vassal had a castle built near the village of Edo. However only 1590 attained the settlement meaning when it changed into the possession of shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu. It intended Edo 1603 for the capital of the Shogunats, the true power in Japan, while the powerless Emperor of Japan furthermore in the official capital Kyoto was residing. The castle has been restored and refined during its rule.
The command Ieyasus took care to its Daimyos as a fast growth of the town to set up its residences in Edo where her families were regarded practically as hostages. Numerous workmen and merchants who were needed for the supply for the court had set up in Edo at the beginning of the 18th century. The imperial court was transferred to Edo and the town renamed in Tokyo at the instigation of Meiji Emperor of Japan Mutsuhito in 1868.
Tokyo has frequently been struck by devastating earthquakes and great fires. An enormous blaze destroyed the districts Ginza and Marunouchi 1872. The reconstruction was carried out after a western example. The most serious natural disaster in the newer history of Tokyo was, however, the great Kanto earthquake and fire of September 1st, 1923 at which a large part of the town was destroyed. About 142,000 people were killed at the earthquake of the strength 7.9. At the reconstruction finished in 1930 over 200,000 new buildings, among this much after western pattern as well as seven reinforced concrete bridges over the Sumida and some parks, were made.
In the second World War the USA started with the bombing of Tokyo on November 24th, 1944 and American bombers flew heavy air raids also on February 25th and on March 9th, 1945. Whole districts with buildings built in a traditional wood style became a robbery of the flames, almost 100,000 people died. The historical emperor palace was also destroyed. Tokyo has been occupied by American troops from September 1945 until April 1952. The town experienced a phase of quick growth at the time after 1954 in which much was done for the modernization.
From October 10th until October 24th, 1964 found the XVIII in Tokyo. Olympic summer Game. Members of the Aum sect made a Sarin attack on the Tokyo subway on March 20th, 1995. Twelve people died and were injured over 5,500.
Tell seismologists Tokyo a devastating earthquake in the range of the great Kanto earthquake of 1923 for the nearer future before. This and the exorbitant land prices are the reason that a movement of the capital has been discussed and planned by Tokyo for the 1990s years away, there already often were capital transfers for religious and political reasons in the Japanese history. The three capital candidates are town to be set up Nagano in Zentraljapan and one to Nasu, 300 kilometers north of Tokyo, Higashino newly not far from the Olympic City in the province Mie not far from Nagoya, 450 kilometers, west of Tokyo. There is already actually a vote of parliament for the shift of the capital but no activities have been carried out till now yet.
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