Tokyo

American  

[toh-kee-oh, taw-kyaw] / ˈtoʊ kiˌoʊ, ˈtɔ kyɔ /

Or Tokio

noun

1. a seaport in and the capital of Japan, on Tokyo Bay: one of the world's largest cities; destructive earthquake and fire 1923; signing of the Japanese surrender document aboard the U.S.S. Missouri, September 2, 1945.

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Tokyo British  

/ ˈtəʊkjəʊ, -kɪˌəʊ /

noun

1. the capital of Japan, a port on SE Honshu on Tokyo Bay (an inlet of the Pacific): part of the largest conurbation in the world (the Tokyo-Yokohama metropolitan area) of over 35 million people; major industrial centre and the chief cultural centre of Japan. Pop (city proper): 8 025 538 (2002 est)

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Tokyo Cultural  

1. Capital of Japan and largest city in the country, located on the island of Honshu at the head of Tokyo Bay; the administrative, financial, educational, and cultural center of Japan.

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The world's largest city, Tokyo is also among its most modern.

It was heavily damaged by Allied bombing during World War II.

Tokyo became the capital of the Japanese Empire in 1868 when Japan began a period of intensive modernization.

Other Word Forms

• Tokyoite noun

Example Sentences

Tokyo sank more than one percent as the yen strengthened on expectations the Bank of Japan will lift interest rates this month.

From Barron's

There have also been early signs of nationalistic Chinese sentiment bubbling to the surface, including an incident in Tokyo involving a person waving a Chinese flag at a busy intersection.

From The Wall Street Journal

Japanese "One Piece" singer Maki Otsuki was forced to halt her performance on stage in Shanghai, her management said, one of the latest events hit by a diplomatic spat between Tokyo and Beijing.

From Barron's

Using new data from the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, Professor Tomonori Totani of the University of Tokyo now believes he has identified the predicted gamma ray signal associated with dark matter particle annihilation.

From Science Daily

Throughout his 20s he worked in jazz clubs, eventually opening a Tokyo bar and coffee shop despite lacking “the slightest aptitude for running a business.”

From The Wall Street Journal