34 Facts About Tokyo Metropolitan Government

1. Tokyo Metropolitan Government was the site of the 1964 summer Olympic games, and in 2013 it was selected as the site for the 2020 summer games.

2. Tokyo Metropolitan Government is 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.

3. Tokyo Metropolitan Government stores bring the goods of the world home to the domestic market.

4. Tokyo Metropolitan Government is intersected by the Sumida River and has an extensive network of canals.

5. Tokyo Metropolitan Government was particularly affected by an economic boom in Japan in the 1980s when the country emerged as a global financial center rivaling Europe and the United States.

6. In 1932, the city limits of Tokyo Metropolitan Government were broadened to coincide with the prefectural boundaries, except in the west, where a county system persisted.

7. Tokyo Metropolitan Government incurred heavy damage from Allied bombings in World War II, when US Air Force raids reduced large sections of the city to rubble.

8. Tokyo Metropolitan Government is located on the Pacific on the eastern coast of Honshu, the largest of the four main islands comprising Japan.

9. Greater Tokyo Metropolitan Government is the world's most populous metropolitan area and is the center of Japanese culture, finance, and government.

10. Tokyo Metropolitan Government was known as Edo until 1868, when the Japanese imperial family was moved there from Kyoto.

11. Tokyo Metropolitan Government sees the Paralympics as a chance to make Tokyo Metropolitan Government, notoriously difficult to navigate for citizens and visitors with disabilities, more accessible.

12. Tokyo Metropolitan Government sees the Paralympics as a chance to make Tokyo Metropolitan Government, notoriously difficult to navigate for citizens and visitors with disabilities, more accessible.

13. Tokyo Metropolitan Government is the founder member of the Asian Network of Major Cities 21 and is a member of the Council of Local Authorities for International Relations.

14. Tokyo Metropolitan Government hosts modern Japanese and international pop, and rock music at venues ranging in size from intimate clubs to internationally known areas such as the Nippon Budokan.

15. Tokyo Metropolitan Government was rated by the Economist Intelligence Unit as the most expensive city in the world for 14 years in a row ending in 2006.

16. In 2006, Tokyo Metropolitan Government enacted the "10 Year Project for Green Tokyo" to be realised by 2016.

17. Tokyo Metropolitan Government will be the first Asian city to host the Olympic Games twice.

18. Tokyo Metropolitan Government still sees new urban developments on large lots of less profitable land.

19. In 1943, the city of Tokyo Metropolitan Government merged with the prefecture of Tokyo to form the "Metropolitan Prefecture" of Tokyo.

20. The city of Tokyo Metropolitan Government was officially established on May 1, 1889.

21. Tokyo Metropolitan Government was originally a small fishing village named Edo, in what was formerly part of the old Musashi Province.

22. Tokyo Metropolitan Government forms part of the Kanto region on the southeastern side of Japan's main island, Honshu, and includes the Izu Islands and Ogasawara Islands.

23. Tokyo Metropolitan Government is served by an extensive bus network, and numerous taxi companies.

24. Tokyo Metropolitan Government is served by numerous train, subway and bus lines.

25. Tokyo Metropolitan Government is linked to the rest of Japan by road, rail, and air.

26. Tokyo Metropolitan Government has over 100 universities and colleges, hundreds of museums and over 200 parks and gardens.

27. In 1964, Tokyo Metropolitan Government hosted the summer Olympic Games and will stage the Olympics again in 2020.

28. Tokyo Metropolitan Government became a major city, and one of the world's most populous, from the beginning of the 17th century.

29. Tokyo Metropolitan Government is the seat of the Emperor of Japan, the figurehead of Japan's constitutional monarchy, who lives in the Imperial Palace in the heart of Tokyo.

30. Tokyo Metropolitan Government is on the Kanto plain, bordering Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bay, 35 degrees 41 minutes north latitude and 139 degrees 46 minutes east longitude.

31. Tokyo Metropolitan Government is located roughly in the middle of the Japanese archipelago facing the Pacific Ocean.

32. Tokyo Metropolitan Government is the capital city of Japan, and the biggest city in Japan in terms of population and area.

33. Tokyo Metropolitan Government is a vast metropolis, and it would take more than a lifetime to properly get to know it.

34. Tokyo Metropolitan Government removed the door and placed it in storage Wednesday night to prevent any damage, Mr Sugiyama said.