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	Tokyo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tokyo was already the nation's political, economic, and cultural center, and the emperor's residence made it a de facto imperial capital as well with the former Edo Castle becoming the Imperial Palace.
		Tokyo includes lakes, rivers, dams, farms, remote islands, and national parks, in addition to its famous neon jungle, skyscrapers and crowded subways.
		Tokyo is also part of the Greater Tokyo Area, by far the world's most populous metropolitan region, which includes the surrounding prefectures of Kanagawa, Saitama, and Chiba.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tokyo (3543 words)

	Boston.com / News / Education / K-12 / Tokyo adopts nationalist history text (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		A history textbook under attack by critics for omitting Japanese wartime atrocities was approved by educators Thursday for use in a public secondary school in the capital.
		TOKYO -- A history textbook under attack by critics for omitting Japanese wartime atrocities was approved by educators Thursday for use in a public secondary school in the capital.
		Tokyo's six-member school board ruled the "New History Textbook" would be used by 160 students in a joint junior high-high school opening in April, when the Japanese school year begins.
	www.boston.com /news/education/k_12/articles/2004/08/26/tokyo_adopts_nationalist_history_text (406 words)

	History of Tokyo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Due to the heavy death toll and populace fleeing to the countryside, the population in 1945 was only half that of 1940.
		Tokyo's re-emergence from wartime trauma was complete at the 1964 Summer Olympics, which publicized the city on an international stage and brought global attention to the "economic miracle".
		Newly-elected Tokyo governor Yukio Aoshima announces that he will keep his campaign promise and cancel the World City Expo that was to be held in 1996 in the Odaiba waterfront area.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Tokyo (1188 words)

	Travel in Tokyo - Japan - Asia - History - WorldTravelGate.net®- (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Tokyo, known as Edo until 1868, is a city with a very exciting history.
		Edo Castle was constructed in 1457, and in 1603 it became the seat of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
		By the early 1700's, the population of Tokyo was already estimated at 1.2 million, while the population of London and Paris was 650,000 and 500,000 respectively.
	www.asiatravelling.net /japan/tokyo/tokyo_history.htm (359 words)

	Tokyo on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Tokyo proper consists of an urban area divided into wards, a county area with farms and mountain villages, and the Izu Islands stretching to the S of Tokyo Bay.
		Tokyo is also one of the world's most important cities in terms of economic power and influence, and it serves as the corporate and communications hub for the E Pacific Rim.
		Tokyo Tower, reputedly the highest (1,092 ft/333 m) steel-supported structure of its type in the world, was built in 1958.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/tokyo_history.asp (1096 words)

	Tokyo : In Depth : History \| Frommers.com
		Renaming Edo Tokyo, or "Eastern Capital" (to distinguish it from the "western" capital of Kyoto), the emperor was quick to welcome ideas and technology from the West.
		It didn't help that Tokyo was almost totally destroyed twice in the first half of the 20th century: In 1923 a huge earthquake, measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale and known as the Great Kanto Earthquake, struck the city, followed by tsunami (tidal waves).
		Bankruptcies reached an all-time high, Tokyo real-estate prices plummeted 70% from what they were in 1990, the Nikkei (Japan's version of the American Dow) fell a gut-churning 63% from its 1989 peak, and the country was rocked by one political scandal after another.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/tokyo/0085020044.html (2461 words)

	Tokyo National Museum Encyclopedia Article, Information, History and Biography @ FolkArtMuseum.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Established in 1872, the Tokyo National Museum (TNM) is the oldest and largest museum in Japan.
		The Tokyo National Museum came into being in 1872, when the first exhibition was held by the Museum Department of the Ministry of Education at the Taiseiden Hall.
		Images stocked at Tokyo National Museum are lent for academic or commercial use by color duplicates, digital data or printing papers.
	www.folkartmuseum.com /encyclopedia/Tokyo_National_Museum (1227 words)

	History (from Tokyo) -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		It is bordered by the ken (prefectures) of Saitama (north), Chiba (east), Yamanashi (west), and Kanagawa (southwest) and by Tokyo Bay (southeast).
		Tokyo metropolis is a unique administrative subdivision that is equivalent to a prefecture.
		History is a science—a branch of knowledge that uses specific methods and tools to achieve its goals.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-208949?tocId=208949 (810 words)

	history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Tokyo was built in 1457 and at the time was known as Edo.
		A plan to rebuild Tokyo was a failure because of the expense.
		By 1980, Tokyo was considered one of the most dynamic cities in the world.
	www.bridgewater.edu /~dhuffman/soc306/s05grp1/TokyoHistory.htm (163 words)

	History of Tokyo
		In the 12th century BC, what is now Tokyo was then a marshy, wooded area inhabited by the Edo warrier family.
		Fast-forwarding to the 1600's, half of Edo (Tokyo) was destroyed by a fire in 1657 and in 1707, ash fell in the streets from Mt. Fuji's eruption.
		The The 18th Summer Olympics are held in Tokyo in 1964, and in 1965 the city's population goes over the 10 million mark.
	www.asianinfo.org /asianinfo/tokyo/tokyo_history.htm (306 words)

	Tokyo Godfathers Encyclopedia Article, Information, History and Biography @ CreatedByGod.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Tokyo Godfathers is Kon's third animated movie and was written and directed by Kon.
		Together, in their quest to find the infant's parents, the friends become closer and begin to act like a real family, even to the point that Miyuki has a fantasy in which the four of them have moved into a house, adopted little Kiyoko, and act like the family she always wished she had.
		Tokyo Godfathers is 92 minutes long and has an aspect ratio of 1.85:1
	www.createdbygod.com /encyclopedia/Tokyo_Godfathers (364 words)

	Asia Times Online - News from greater China; Hong Kong and Taiwan
		Most people consider history to be a series of past events, considered established facts, or events that can be or have been verified, especially concerning brief periods for which when abundant and often fresh documentation is available.
		In this "new history", this new interpretation of events, the occupation of China's three northeastern provinces at the beginning of Japan's overall war against China was "Japan's aspiration to build the first law-governed modern country in mainland China...
		First, the re-creation of history shows the great love of Japanese leaders and history scholars for their children, because when children read the textbooks they will have a happy feeling; they will be proud of their country instead of suffering "a guilty feeling for the past" from reading the old history textbooks.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/China/FJ26Ad02.html (1573 words)

	Aljazeera.Net - Tokyo's textbook history revisionism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) admits that it has received messages from the mayor of Seoul and the city's board of education demanding the book not be used in classrooms.
		After the war, Japanese domestic history barely mentioned the events of the 20th century, preferring to focus on the Japan of the shoguns.
		That reached a peak in a history book that was published in 1997, stating, for example, that researchers believe "between 200,000 and 300,000 civilians were killed in Nanjing" in an "organised" Japanese army action, Yoshida said.
	english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/839BE9E1-B7CA-439D-AC4D-B34ED228A748.htm (1225 words)

	Tokyo, Japan
		Marunouchi-Otemachi is Tokyo's main business hub, but unless you want to visit Tokyo Station (also from the Meiji Period), renew your visa at the Immigration Center, or observe the Tokyo Stock Exchange, there is nothing much for the visitor here.
		Also within walking distance are the Budokan, one of the venues of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics; Chidorigafuchi, a stone-paved walk lined with trees that explode into glorious displays of sakura (cherry blossoms) in spring; Yasukuni Shrine, the controversial memorial to the Japanese war dead; and the imposing Diet (Parliament) building.
		Though archeological studies have established that the islands of Japan were already inhabited several millennia before Christ, the history of Tokyo is relatively recent.
	worldfacts.us /Japan-Tokyo.htm (1486 words)

	About Tokyo Joe's Studios of Self Defense (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Tokyo Joe’s instructors are personally selected, not only for their martial arts skills, but also on their ability to effectively communicate their knowledge and understanding to students of all ages.
		Their energy, enthusiasm, helpfulness, and friendliness are proof that Tokyo Joe’s instructors are ranked among the finest in the world.
		Tokyo Joe’s has a wide range of other exciting benefits, so whatever your reason for wanting to grow with us, you will find others with similar interests training here.
	www.tokyojoes.net /tjabout.htm (1476 words)

	STARS - Schools -Tokyo, Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Approximately 11.6 million people live in the Tokyo metropolitan area (the city proper and the 23 surrounding wards or suburbs.) Tokyo is an exciting city that draws many young Japanese looking for jobs or attending college.
		In Tokyo Metropolis the population density is 5443 persons per sq km (14,097 per sq mi.) By contrast, the average density for Japan as a whole, itself a crowded country in comparison to other countries, is 328 persons per sq km (850 per sq mi).
		The Tokyo Institute of Technology was established by the Japanese government in 1881 and all faculty members, with the exception of part-time lecturers and visiting professors, are government employees with permanent tenure.
	www.starsacademy.com /sts107/students/japan.htm (385 words)

	Facts and History, Tokyo, Japan
		Tokyo-to is one of the 47 prefectures (ken) in Japan that possesses the metropolitan of Japan.
		Tokyo has no center, instead it is made up of twenty-six different cities, seven towns, and eight villages.
		At that time, the old name of Tokyo City was replaced with Tokyo-to or Tokyo Metropolis and it was designated as a special administrative unit similar to a prefecture, the largest unit of local government in Japan.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Asia/Japan/Tokyo_to/Tokyo-969164/General_Tips-Tokyo-Facts_and_History-BR-1.html (817 words)

	Tokyo
		Tokyo, University of - Tokyo, University of, at Tokyo, Japan; founded in 1877.
		Tokyo: History - History Archaeological evidence indicates that the site of Tokyo was inhabited by Stone Age tribes.
		Tokyo: Landmarks and Institutions - Landmarks and Institutions Landmarks include the Hie Shrine; the temples of Sengakuji, Gokokuji,...
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0848968.html (287 words)

	Amazon.com: Low City, High City: Tokyo from Edo to the Earthquake: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Low City, High City is a lively and informal account of Tokyo's history from the end of the Tokugawa regime (in 1868) to the destruction of the city in the 1923 Kanto earthquake.
		During that half century, Tokyo was transformed from a feudal pre-industrial city of samurai and commoners to an imperial capital of bureacrats, businessmen, factory workers, and flappers.
		Seidensticker, a distinguished translator of Japanese literature, has written a highly readable cultural and social history of Tokyo that captures the colorful introduction of "Western" urbanism and chronicles the slowly fading old city.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0394507304?v=glance (552 words)

	Tokyo Travel Information \| Lonely Planet Destination Guide
		Tokyo is a place where the urgent rhythms of consumer culture collide with the quieter moments that linger from older traditions.
		It might also be wise to avoid an even more crowded Tokyo during the Golden Week national holiday, from 29 April to 5 May.
		Tokyo has more vending machines than any other city in the world, with over 2.5 million selling drinks, and hundreds of thousands more selling cigarettes, batteries, rice, eggs, fishing equipment, and of course, pornography.
	www.lonelyplanet.com /worldguide/destinations/asia/japan/tokyo (308 words)

	Travel for Kids: Tokyo, Japan
		Tokyo (Edo) has been a city center for centuries, but because of the 1923 earthquake and bombing in World War II, whole chunks of Tokyo have been rebuilt.
		Tokyo Bay is a wonderful harbor area, including man-made islands with beaches and parks.
		In the museum, there is a half size model of the landmark Nihon Bridge (Nihonbashi), replicas of a Kubuki theater and newspaper office, and dioramas of a daimyo's estate, Shogun palace, the Ginza district.
	www.travelforkids.com /Funtodo/Japan/tokyo.htm (695 words)

	TV Tokyo Encyclopedia Article, Information, History and Biography @ AlienArtifacts.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		TV TOKYO Corporation (TX, 株式会社テレビ東京, Kabushiki Gaisha Terebi Tōkyō) TYO: 9411 is a TV station based in Tokyo, Japan.
		TV Tokyo is currently the smallest of the major Tokyo TV networks, and is known for its specialization in anime.
		In October, 1973, the company was renamed "Tokyo Channel 12, Ltd. " (株式会社東京12チャンネル), and took over the TV broadcasting from the foundation.
	www.alienartifacts.com /encyclopedia/TV_Tokyo (561 words)

	The Page Of The Blade - The History of Tokyo Blade
		Tokyo Blade were formed in 1982 by school friends Andy Boulton (lead guitar) and Andy Robbins (bass) along with Alan Marsh (vocals), Ray Dismore (guitar) and Steve Pierce (drums) under the name Killer.
		A demo was recorded, but after a year they decided to change the name of the band because there were so many other bands around at the time with the same name.
		They changed the name of the band the same year to Tokyo Blade after they were contacted by another band who claimed to own the rights to the Genghis Khan name.
	www.angelfire.com /rock3/tokyoblade/history.htm (1052 words)

	Tokyo Hotels - Secure Reservations and Discount Rates on Tokyo Hotels
		The Agnes Hotel and Apartments Tokyo is conveniently located in the heart of Tokyo where the Tozai, Yurakucho, Namboku, and Ohedo Subway lines intersect in Iidabashi and Kagurazaka, a district steeped...
		The Hilton Hotel Tokyo Bay Urayasu, an official hotel of Tokyo Disney Resort, is ideally located on the eastern shores of Tokyo Bay adjacent to the Magical Parks.
		Roppongi is easily the most renowned area of Tokyo and has a rich history as Tokyo's most...
	www.precisionreservations.com /Afph/Afredirect.asp?urlToGo=http://www.precisionreservations.com/ph-aspx-city_id.5085-db-hoteldatabase/PHCOther.htm&cid=17254 (408 words)

	Shiatsu Academy of Tokyo - Shiatsu History - Master Kensen Saito - Japanese Shiatsu Massage - Shiatsu Academy in Canada ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Once accepted and operational, Namikoshi then moved to Tokyo to infect the Japanese capital with the genius of his new founded therapy.
		Namikoshi had educated many Shiatsu Practitioners and teachers, including the Director of the Shiatsu Academy of Tokyo, Kensen Saito.
		Ice passed away in September 2000 in Tokyo at the age of 94 years old.
	kensensaito.com /history.html (618 words)

	Department of History
		Born in Tokyo and raised in Kanazawa and Kyoto, Japan, he teaches courses on modern Japan, East Asian diplomacy and politics and nationalism in Asia.
		He received an MA (1987) and Ph.D. (1993) in History from Yale University and holds an MA in International Politics from Kyoto University (1986).
		He has won a number of prizes and fellowships and served as a National Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University in the 2000-01 academic year.
	www.history.upenn.edu /faculty/dickinson.htm (120 words)

	Tokyo Eagles Dugout - History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		He placed an ad for baseball players in the rag and was able to secure sponsorship with Mazda Motors during Japan's economic bubble.
		The original version of the Tokyo Eagles were not shall we say, great and they lost many games to average Japanese teams.
		The team, in the beginning, was constantly in the mass media, and have appeared in numerous TV programs, magazines and newsletters.
	www.stormpages.com /tokyoeagles/history.html (829 words)

	The Great Tokyo Air Raid - An Enormous War Crime
		In the wee hours of March 10, 1945, 300 B-29s dropped 2,000 tons of incendiaries on one section of Tokyo -- a space seven-tenths the size of Manhattan -- and in 2 1/2 hours "scorched and boiled and baked to death" 100,000 people.
		But the devastation of Tokyo, along with that of Hamburg and Dresden, was laid aside the moment an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, then on Nagasaki.
		With the advent of a weapon capable of snuffing out a large city in a flash, the sense suddenly took root that "the continuity of life was, for the first time, put into question," as Mary McCarthy put it.
	www.rense.com /general29/asdi.htm (1110 words)

	USATODAY.com - Travel City Guides - What is worth doing in Tokyo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Although Japan is in the midst of a recession, Tokyo is vibrant and alive.
		One of the world's main economic centers — and most populous metropolitan areas — Tokyo is a city that presents a different view of itself at every turn.
		Defined by the Tokyo Tower at one end and the Defense Agency building at the other, with several foreign embassies in between, the area is a magnet for expats, overseas travelers and Japanese who enjoy spending time with foreigners.
	www.usatoday.com /travel/extraday/tokyo/worth.htm (1682 words)

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