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Capital of Japan and largest city in the country, located on the island of Honshu at the head of Tokyo Bay; the administrative, financial, educational, and cultural center of Japan.

  • The world's largest city, Tokyo is also among its most modern.
  • It was heavily damaged by Allied bombing during World War II.
  • Tokyo became the capital of the Japanese Empire in 1868 when Japan began a period of intensive modernization.

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