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Tokyo Prefecture
is a former
Japanese
government entity which existed between 1869 and 1943.
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Tokyo
(, ), officially , is one of the 47
prefectures
of
Japan
, and is both the
capital
and
largest city
of Japan. The
Greater Tokyo Area
is the
most populous metropolitan area
in the world. It is the seat of the
Emperor of Japan
and the
Japanese government
. Tokyo is in the
Kanto region
on the southeastern side of the main island
Honshu
and includes the
Izu Islands
and
Ogasawara Islands
. Formerly known as
Edo
, it has been the de facto
seat of government
since 1603 when
Shogun
Tokugawa Ieyasu
made the city his headquarters. It officially became the capital after
Emperor Meiji
moved his seat to the city from the old capital of
Kyoto
in 1868; at that time Edo was renamed Tokyo. Tokyo Metropolis was formed in 1943 from the merger of the former and the .
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