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

“We’ve had people here on this day from Italy; Australia, Phoenix, Arizona; Las Vegas; Tokyo; Australia; Rhode Island; England,” she said, consulting a visitors’ ledger.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

In Tokyo, Nintendo shares plunged almost 10 percent after the Japanese gaming giant warned Friday of lower profits this year and said it would hike the price of its Switch 2 console.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

To tackle this problem, a research team led by Yu Takahashi at the University of Tokyo in Japan created a human intestine model using stem cells.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2026

And the United States, its closest ally, has been encouraging Tokyo to play a more active security role.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

He’d arrived in Tokyo on January 28, 2000, after first announcing to his friends that he’d be gone from Budapest “for a few months” and storing everything in Benko’s apartment.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady