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Tokyo, the seat of the Government of Japan and home of the Emperor, is the capital of Japan. officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. Japan no longer officially has the traditional Federal system, and its 47 prefectures, and prefectural and municipal assembly members are popularly elected for The of Japan is the country's Monarch. He is the head of the Japanese Imperial Family. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. This is generally not in dispute, but it is not legally defined. In fact, there is a dispute as to exactly when Tokyo became the capital. Some state that it occurred when Tokyo prefecture was established in 1868. Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Others state that it occurred when Edo Castle became Tokyo Castle that same year, and still others say that it occurred when Tokyo Castle became the Imperial Castle (now the Kokyo) in 1869. is the imperial main residence of the Emperor of Japan. It is a large park-like area located in Chiyoda Tokyo close to Tokyo Station and contains various buildings Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Historically speaking, while there was an Imperial edict transferring the capital to Heian kyō, such a basis has never been provided for the transfer from Kyoto to Tokyo. Heian-kyō (平安京 literally "tranquility and peace capital" was one of several former names for the city now known as Kyoto. So, today, there are some people who say that since the transfer to Heiankyo was valid, Kyoto is still the capital of Japan, while some say that Tokyo and Kyoto are both simultaneously capitals of Japan. [1]

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Conceptions of the capital of Japan before the Meiji restoration

During the Edo Era, Japan was often said to have three capitals, or miyako (京, 都?). The, also referred to as the Tokugawa period (徳川時代 Tokugawa-jidai) is a division of Japanese history running from 1603 to 1868 Edo was the capital of the Tokugawa shogunate, Kyoto was the residence of the Emperor of Japan (therefore making it the capital of culture and tradition), and Osaka was the unofficial capital of the merchants. literally bay - Door, " Estuary " edo once also spelled Yedo or Yeddo, is the The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the, and the, was a feudal regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the Shoguns of (IPA /kʲoːto / is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. The of Japan is the country's Monarch. He is the head of the Japanese Imperial Family. is a city in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshū [2]

Arguments in favor of Tokyo as capital

The location of the Diet

After World War II, the new Constitution of Japan transferred the state's sovereignty from the Emperor to the people, as represented by the Diet of Japan. The has been the founding legal document of Japan since 1947 The constitution provides for a Parliamentary system of government and guarantees certain fundamental rights Sovereignty is the exclusive Right to control a Government, a country, a people or oneself The is Japan's Bicameral Legislature. It is composed of a Lower house, called the House of Representatives, and an Upper house, called A broad consensus arose that the site of the Diet denoted the capital of Japan. [3] This is the most concrete basis for legally recognizing Tokyo as the sole capital of Japan, since the Emperor has no governing power and all other state institutions are based in Tokyo. It falls short of an explicit statement that Tokyo is the capital.

The "capital area" in Japanese law

While no laws have designated Tokyo as the Japanese capital, many laws have defined a "capital area" (首都圏 shutoken?) that incorporates Tokyo. Article 2 of the Capital Area Consolidation Law (首都圏整備法?) of 1956 states that "In this Act, the term 'capital area' shall denote a broad region comprising both the territory of Tokyo Metropolis as well as outlying regions designated by cabinet order. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. " This clearly implies that the government has designated Tokyo as the capital of Japan, although (again) it is not explicitly stated, and the definition of the "capital area" is purposely restricted to the terms of that specific law. [4]

Other laws referring to this "capital area" include the Capital Expressway Public Corporation Law (首都高速道路公団法?) [5] and the Capital Area Greenbelt Preservation Law (首都圏近郊緑地保全法?) [6].

This term for capital was never used to refer to Kyoto. Indeed, shuto came into use during the 1860s as a gloss of the English term "capital. " [7]

Official government positions

In 1941, the Ministry of Education published a book called "History of the Restoration," which is still used by modern scholars. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This book referred to the "designation of Tokyo as capital" (東京奠都 Tōkyō-tento?) without talking about "moving the capital to Tokyo" (東京遷都 Tōkyō-sento?). A contemporary history textbook states that the Meiji government "moved the capital (shuto) from Kyoto to Tokyo" without using the sento term. [8]

Recently, there is a movement for transferring the capital from Tokyo, and the Gifu-Aichi region, the Mie-Kio region and other regions bid for it. Officially, the relocation is referred to as "capital functions relocation" instead of "capital relocation," or as "relocation of the Diet and other organizations. " [9]

Successive capitals of Japan

() Inside is the Imperial Palace. Ancient times, the Imperial Palace was a capital. Fujiwara-kyō is a city of the first jobo city layout in Japan. Fujiwara-kyō (藤原京 in Japanese also Fujiwara no miyako) was the Imperial capital of Japan for sixteen years between 694 and 710

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