Tokyo is the political center of Japan. Administrative, legislative, judicial and other state organs are concentrated here. Shimonoseki, known as Guanting Street, is the seat of the National Assembly Hall, the Supreme Court and government agencies affiliated to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Education. What used to be Edo City is now Miyagi, where the Emperor lives.
Tokyo is also the cultural and educational center of Japan. Various cultural institutions are dense, including 80% publishing houses, large and advanced national museums, western art galleries and national libraries.
Universities in Tokyo account for one-third of the total number of Japanese universities, and students studying in these universities account for more than half of the total number of college students in China. As an international metropolis, Tokyo often hosts various international cultural exchange activities, such as Tokyo Music Festival and Tokyo International Film Festival.
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The commonly used word "Tokyo" usually refers to the place name, not the name of the administrative region, and the scope does not necessarily include only Tokyo District 23 or Tokyo. The following are different definitions from the narrowest to the broadest, which are used to define the scope of various titles for Tokyo:
1, Tokyo Center: Tokyo Center includes five areas: Chiyoda, Central, Port, Shinjuku and Shibuya, of which the first three are the traditional core areas. ?
3. Tokyo Metropolitan Area: commonly known as Tokyo District 23, it is equivalent to the 35th District under the jurisdiction of Tokyo (existed during the period of 1889- 1943), and also refers to the general "Tokyo". Also known as the city.
4. Tokyo: The geographical scope is the same as that of Tokyo in the past, but it is different in the local autonomy system.
5. Tokyo circle: the area extending outward from the center of Tokyo and within a concentric circle with a radius of 70 kilometers.
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