Tokyo has continued to develop as the capital of Japan since the Edo period, when Tokugawa Ieyasu established the shogunate here in 1603. It is now one of the world's leading metropolises, home to about 14 million people, the largest population in the country. It is the center of Japan in various fields such as politics, economy, and culture, and its administrative area consists of 23 special wards, 26 cities, 5 towns, and 8 villages.
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- Source: PR TIMES
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