Tokyo, Japan

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Photo <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/"><img src="http://cdn.gohistoric.com/icons/creative_commons.gif" alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-color:#FFFFFF" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://anthonyjhicks.com/">Anthony J. Hicks</a>.</figcaption> </figure>  <p><b>Tokyo</b> (東京, "Eastern Capital") is the home of the Japanese government and the emperor. It is also the nation's most populous urban area: 12 million people - 10 percent of the country's population - live in Tokyo. 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