Tokyo 東京都  in few lines

Tokyo (東京都, Tōkyō-to), literally "eastern capital", is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and includes the highly urbanized downtown area formerly known as the city of Tokyo 東京都 which is the heart of the Greater Tokyo 東京都  Area. Although not a single city, it is considered the capital of Japan since it is home to the Japanese government and emperor. About 12 million people, 10 percent of the country's population, live in Tokyo 東京都, while approximately 25 million people live in the entire Tokyo 東京都 conurbation, making it effectively part of the most populated urban area on earth.

Tokyo 東京都 is located in the Kanto region on the island of Honshu. Its center is at 35°41' North, 139°46' East (35.68333, 139.7667), but its borders extend to outlying islands in the Pacific Ocean, some as far as 1,000 km south of the mainland.

As the nation's center of politics, business, finance, education, mass media, and pop culture, Tokyo 東京都has Japan's highest concentration of corporate headquarters, financial institutions, universities and colleges, museums, theaters, and shopping and entertainment establishments. Tokyo 東京都 is widely considered to be one of the world's major "global cities".

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