• The capital of Japan is Tokyo. Throughout history, the national capital has been in locations other than Tokyo. Traditionally, the home of the Emperor...
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    14 capital crimes, including conspiracy to commit civil war; conspiracy with a foreign power to provoke war against Japan; murder; obstruction of the...
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    combination of the four terms. Tokyo, capital city of Japan is referred to as to (都, [toꜜ]), which is often translated as "metropolis". The Japanese government...
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    the former site of Edo Castle in the heart of Tokyo, the current capital of Japan. Earlier, emperors resided in Kyoto, the ancient capital, for nearly eleven...
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    Edo (redirect from Edo, Japan)
    Province, became the de facto capital of Japan from 1603 as the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate. Edo grew to become one of the largest cities in the world...
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    Kyoto (redirect from Capital Kyoto)
    Kyoto (/ˈkjoʊtoʊ/; Japanese: 京都, Kyōto [kʲoꜜːto] ), officially Kyoto City (京都市, Kyōto-shi, [kʲoːtoꜜɕi] ), is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the...
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    seat of the government. A capital is typically a city that physically encompasses the government's offices and meeting places; the status as capital is...
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  • Capital began to flow in and out of Japan following the Meiji Restoration of 1868, but policy restricted loans from overseas. In the aftermath of World...
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    3% of the entire population of Japan. The largest city is Tokyo (population: 13,988,129), the capital of Japan and part of the Greater Tokyo Area, the...
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    Heian period (redirect from Heian Japan)
    Emperor Kammu, moved the capital of Japan to Heian-kyō (modern Kyoto). Heian (平安) means 'peace' in Japanese. It is a period in Japanese history when the Chinese...
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