Tokyo is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, the home of the Japanese Imperial Family, and the capital of Japan.
Tokyo as an administrative region, is one of 47 prefectures of Japan and is not administered as a single city. It consists of twenty-three central.Although no such city exists and many suburban cities. About 12 million people (10 percent of Japan's population) live within Tokyo's prefectural boundaries.
About 35 million people live in the Greater Tokyo Area which encompasses Tokyo and surrounding prefectures, making it the world's most populous metropolitan area. Because of its huge population and wealth, many world records are or were held here, including the most expensive real estate ever($1.5 million/sq meter in 1990), the most expensive city for over a decade running, the most passengers served by its train system, and has the largest GDP of any metropolitan area in the world.
Masafumi Jyojima
12/11/2006