Tokyo

  
Tokyo is the seat of the Japanese government, home of the Emperor of Japan and is the capital of the country. Before, Tokyo was a small fishing village named ‘Edo’, meaning estuary, later, when it became the imperial capital of Japan
in 1868, its name was changed to Tokyo, which literally translates to ‘Eastern Capital’. Tokyo has the largest metropolitan gross domestic product (GDP) in the whole world, for a city. It's home to many of the world's most developed investment banks and insurance companies.The Economist Intelligence Unit rated Tokyo as the most costly city in the whole world, for a period of 14 yrs, until 2006.
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