Tokyo (Japan
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Name (Hebrew)
טוקיו (יפו : מחוז)
Name (Latin)
Tokyo (Japan : Fu)
Other forms of name
Tokyo (Japan : Prefecture)
Tokyo Fu (Japan)
nnaa Tokyo (Fu)
Coordinates
139.6917222 139.6917222 35.68955556 35.68955556 (gooearth )
Associated country
Japan
See Also From tracing place name
Edo-fu, Japan
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- Kodansha encyclopedia of Japan, 1983volume 8, p. 60-61 (Tōkyō; capital of Japan; "Tōkyō was administratively enlarged in 1943 trough the amalgamation of surrounding districts and suburbs to form Tōkyō Tō (Tōkyō Prefecture or Tōkyō Metropolitan Prefecture; officially Tōkyō Metropolis). At present Tōkyō Prefecture comprises 23 wards (ku), 26 cities (shi), 1 county (gun) 4 island administrative units (shichō) and 15 towns and villages (chō, shon)"; "... in 1943 Tōkyō Fu and Tōkyō Shi were merged and the name changed to Tōkyō Tō"; "... the city undertook a feverish building program in preparation for the 1964 Tōkyō Olympic Games...")
- Its Tokyo-fu shiryō, 1959-61.