Tokyo (literally Eastern capital) is the capital of Japan and its largest city, with 13,010,279 inhabitants, hosts about 10% of the population. The city is situated in the middle of the archipelago's main island of Japan, Honshu. Here is the seat of government and residence of the Emperor of Japan. Also gave the name of Tokyo is one of Japan's 47 prefectures, including Tokyo and some neighboring areas and some islands of the south. In the metropolitan area, the largest in the world, home to abou..... more details about Tokyo