Tokyo

American  

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

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

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Example Sentences

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Tokyo

The dollar is at 159.84 yen, compared with Y159.76 as of Thursday’s Tokyo stock market close.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

Researchers from the Technische Universität Braunschweig and the University of Tokyo, working with Tohoku University, Kyushu University, Osaka University, and other international institutions, identified the phenomenon using observations from NASA's Parker Solar Probe.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026

She won gold in the 200m breaststroke and 100m silver at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, before adding 100m gold and 200m silver in 2024.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

Tokyo, Seoul and Taipei -- where most of Asia leading AI-linked firms are listed -- continued to rise, with Singapore and Jakarta also up.

From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026

But that was as nothing–well, as comparatively little–compared with what may await Tokyo.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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