Brief information about the Tokyo
Tokyo forms part of this Kantō region on the southeastern side of Japan's main island, Honshu, also includes the Izu and Ogasawara Islands.
Originally, a small fishing village called Edo (江戸), the city became a prominent political center of Japan when Shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu made the town his headquarters at 1603. When Emperor Meiji moved the royal seat into the city from Kyoto at 1868, Edo was renamed Tokyo, literally "that the Eastern Capital".
The Tokyo Metropolis formed in 1943 in the merger of the former Tokyo Prefecture (東京府, Tōkyō-fu) and the town of Tokyo (東京市, Tōkyō-shi). While commonly referred to as a town, Tokyo is a entity such as bed towns in the western region and 23 wards.
The Globalization and World Cities Research Network categorizes as a alpha city modern Tokyo. As of 2019, the people of Tokyo has been estimated to be over 13.9 million, making it Japan's most populous prefecture. The region is the planet 's most populous with over 38 million people as well as the planet 's largest metropolitan agglomeration market.
As of 2011, Tokyo hosted 51 of the Fortune Global 500 companies, the amount of any town in the world at that time. The town ranked sixth on the Global Financial Centres Index of 2019. Together with an innovative market, Tokyo frequently ranks high among the most expensive cities for expatriates.
Tokyo is a cultural hub and an international trendsetter from gastronomy, entertainment, the arts, and media. Tokyo has been given by the Michelin Guide by far the Michelin stars of any town in the world.
Tokyo is a center for development and research, represented by universities the University of Tokyo.