Tokyo

Tokyo (Japanese: 東京, Tōkyō, "aestren caipital") is the hame tae the Japanese govrenment an the emperor, makkin it the Caipital o Japan. It is the naition's maist populous urban area an aw (12 million fowk, or aboot 10 percent o the kintra's population, bides in Tokyo), an ane o the 47 prefecturs o Japan.

 Airt 
Tokyo is locate in the Kanto region on the island o Honshu. Its centre is at 35°41' North, 139°46' Aest (35.68333, 139.7667), but its borders extends tae ootlyin islands in the Paceefic Ocean, some sae hyne awa as 1,000 km sooth o the mainlaund.

 Geography an admeenistrative diveesions 
Tokyo is north-wast o Tokyo Bay, an is aboot 90 km aest-tae-wast an 25 km north-tae-sooth. It borders Chiba Prefectur tae the aest, Yamanashi Prefectur tae the wast, Kanagawa Prefectur tae the sooth, an Saitama Prefectur tae the north. Forby thon it conseests o islands in the Paceefic Ocean directly sooth—the Izu Islands is closest, while the Ogasawara Islands raxes ower 1,000 km awa fae mainland Japan.

 Sister relationships 

Tokyo haes elieven sister ceeties/states:

  Beijing, PRC
  Berlin, Germany
  Cairo, Egyp
  Jakarta, Indonesie
  Moscow, Roushie
  New Sooth Wales, Australie  New York Ceety, Unitit States
  Paris, Fraunce
  Roum, Italy
  São Paulo State, Brazil
  Seoul, Sooth Korea

In addition, Tokyo haes a "pairtnership" agreement wi:
  Lunnon, Unitit Kinrick.
Varsities
 Keio Varsity
 Nihon Varsity
 Varsity o Tokyo
 Waseda Varsity

Companies
 Sega
 Sony
 Tokyo Stock Exchynge
 NHK
 Nihon Ki-in

 References 


Category:Populatit places established in 1457
Category:Kantō region
Category:Port dounsets in Japan
Category:Prefecturs o Japan
Category:Caipitals in Asie
Category:Populatit coastal places in Japan
Category:Host ceeties o the Simmer Olympic Gemmes