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Tokyo

capital and largest city of Japan
Organization metropolitan_prefecture Q1490
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Tokyo was founded on September 6, 1868.

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Japan[3], Kantō region[4]
  • Country: Japan[5]
  • Head of government: Yuriko Koike[6]
  • Continent: Asia[7]
  • Instance of: capital of Japan[8], tourist destination[9], metropolis[10], global city[11], megacity[12], largest city[13], big city[14], prefecture of Japan[15], financial center[16]
  • Capital: Shinjuku[17], Tokyo[18]
  • Shares border with: Chiba Prefecture[19], Saitama Prefecture[20], Yamanashi Prefecture[21], Kanagawa Prefecture[22]
  • Anthem: Tokyo Metropolitan Song[23]
  • Main regulatory text: Tōkyō tosei[24], Local Autonomy Act[25]
  • Named after: capital city[26], east[27]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Adachi[28], Arakawa[29], Bunkyō-ku[30], Chiyoda[31], Chūō[32], Edogawa[33], Itabashi[34], Katsushika[35], Kita[36], Kōtō[37], Meguro[38], Minato[39], Nakano[40], Nerima[41]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Tokyo include Greater Tokyo Area[42], a metropolitan area[43], in Japan[44]; Saikyō Line[45], a passenger train service[46], in Japan[47], founded in 1985[48]; Tokyo Rose[49], a term[50]; Tōyō Rapid Railway[51], a third sector railways[52], in Japan[53], founded in 1981[54], headquartered in Midorigaoka[55]; Tokyo Gas[56], a business[57], in Japan[58], founded in 1895[59], headquartered in Minato[60]; Gensokyo[61], a fictional geographic region[62]; Megatokyo[63], a manga series[64], founded in 2000[65], written by Fred Gallagher[66]; and Keihin region[67], an industrial region[68], in Japan[69].

Why It Matters

Tokyo has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[70] Tokyo is known by 112 alternative names across languages and contexts.[71]

Entities named for Tokyo include Greater Tokyo Area[42], a metropolitan area[43], in Japan[44]; Saikyō Line[45], a passenger train service[46], in Japan[47], founded in 1985[48]; Tokyo Rose[49], a term[50]; Tōyō Rapid Railway[51], a third sector railways[52], in Japan[53], founded in 1981[54], headquartered in Midorigaoka[55]; Tokyo Gas[56], a business[57], in Japan[58], founded in 1895[59], headquartered in Minato[60]; and Gensokyo[61], a fictional geographic region[62].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . metro.tokyo.jp. Retrieved . metro.tokyo.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  1. [43] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [70] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [71] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 16h ago · Luiz Eduardo Junqueira · 2026-10-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Twinned administrative body → Berlin, New York City, New South Wales +15
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Twinned administrative body: São Paulo, Sister state: State of São Paulo, Brazil (since 13 June 1990; Tokyo Metropolitan Government)"
  2. 6d ago · Mugidai · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Name in kana → とうきょうと, とうきやうと
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Name in kana: とうきやうと"
  3. 6d ago · Hirho · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ Official name: 東京都"
  4. 14d ago · Hirho · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 302
    Wikipedia languages → ['ab', 'abstract', 'ace', 'ady', 'af', 'als', 'am', 'an', 'ang', 'anp', 'ar', 'a
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|5 */ Transliteration or transcription: Toukyou-to"
  5. 5w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nhk one news topic id → E0000000341
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/54972|batch #54972]]"
  6. 6w ago · Rose Abrams · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dagens nyheter topic id → tokyo
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Dagens nyheter topic id: tokyo, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/22882735|Tokyo (#22882735)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/488|DN topic]] #mix'n'match"
  7. 9w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48043|batch #48043]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  8. 11w ago · WikiLucas00 · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → LL-Q5146 (por)-NMaia-Tóquio.wav, LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Tōkyō.wav, LL-Q29401 (asm)-বিকাশ দিহিঙ্গীয়া-টকিঅ'.wav
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Pronunciation audio: LL-Q29401 (asm)-বিকাশ দিহিঙ্গীয়া-টকিঅ'.wav"
  9. 12w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Locations/Tokyo
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Locations/Tokyo, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
  10. 15w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://www.english.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/, https://www.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/
    P14541 → rrDVF
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  11. 16w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14586 → 90401
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14586: 90401, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782930762135"
  12. 17w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gaycities id → tokyo
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Gaycities id: tokyo, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/226429106|Tokyo (#226429106)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7294|GayCities city]] #mix'n'mat"
  13. 18w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → tokyo, tokyo-japan
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: tokyo, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289970594|tokyo (#289970594)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
  14. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Native label → {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '東京都'}, {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'とうきょうと'}, {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'Tōkyō-to'}
    Svkkl authority id → g0002636-Tokio-Japonsko
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: g0002636-Tokio-Japonsko, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259661|batch #259661]]"
  15. 20w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-06-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nl cr aut id → ge131089
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Nl cr aut id: ge131089, Moving from Tokyo"
  16. 21w ago · DanGFSouza · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Imdb keyword → tokyo-japan
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Imdb keyword: tokyo-japan, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/193885247|tokyo japan (#193885247)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6965|Top 10,000 IMDb"
  17. 22w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinates of easternmost point → {'lat': 35.69836, 'lon': 139.9193}
    Coordinates of southernmost point → {'lat': 35.48426, 'lon': 139.85767}, {'lat': 20.21, 'lon': 136.1014}
    Coordinates of westernmost point → {'lat': 35.86113, 'lon': 138.9428}
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ Yso id: 105184, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  18. 22w ago · Shisma · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinates of northernmost point → {'lat': 35.89858, 'lon': 139.01688}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Coordinates of northernmost point: 35°53'54.89"N, 139°1'0.77"E"
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