Tokyo

The Tokyo prefecture is in reid on the map o Japan.

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 aurie 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.

References

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