| LC control no. | n 79034998 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Tokyo (Japan) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Japan--Tokyo |
| Variant(s) | 東京 (Japan) Tokyo (Japan). Shiyakusho Tokyo (Japan). Municipal Office Tokyo (Japan). Metropolitan Office Tokyo (Japan : Prefecture) Tokyo Metropolitan Government (Japan) Tonggyŏng (Japan) 동경 (Japan) Tokio (Japan) Токио (Japan) Tʻokʻyoo (Japan) Tung-ching tu (Japan) Dongjing du (Japan) Tung-ching tu tʻing (Japan) Dongjing du ting (Japan) Tōkyō-shi (Japan) Tung-ching (Japan) Dongjing (Japan) 东京 (Japan) Tokyo Metropolis (Japan) 東京都 (Japan) Tōkyō-to (Japan) طوكيو (Japan) Ṭūkiyū (Japan) Горад Токіа (Japan) Horad Tokia (Japan) Токіа (Japan) Tokia (Japan) Toukio (Japan) |
| See also | Edo (Japan) Shinagawa-ken (Japan) Tokyo (Japan : Fu) |
| Associated country | Japan |
| Special note | Use for the capital city of Japan and the prefecture-level entity. Treat shi within Tokyo as cities, e.g., Mitaka-shi (Japan). Treat ku within Tokyo as city sections, e.g., Sumida-ku (Tokyo, Japan). Non-Latin script references not evaluated. Includes the old catalog headings: Tokyo; Tokyo. Shiyakusho. |
| Found in | Internat. Stat. Inst. Session (19th : 1930 : Tokyo, Japan). Papers, 1930- : v. 1, t.p. (Tokio) Yi, I.N. Pul tʻanŭn Tʻokʻyoo, 1984: t.p. (Tʻokʻyoo) Tonggyŏng yuhaksaeng, 1986: t.p. (東京 = Tonggyŏng) Tokyo (Japan). Ti 2 tzʻu Tung-ching tu chʻang chʻi kuei hua, 1988; colophon (Tung-ching tu tʻing) Tōkyō-shi tōroku rōdōsha fukugyō chōsa, 1936: t.p. (Tōkyō-shi) cover (Tōkyō Shiyakusho) LC manual cat. (hdg.: Tokyo; hdg.: Tokyo. Shiyakusho; usages: Tokio Municipal Office, Tokyo Metropolitan Office) Kadokawa Nihon chimei d.j.: v. 13, p. 341 (Shinagawa-ken; est. 1869 abolished 4/1871; became part of Tokyo) Living in Tokyo, c1992: t.p. (Tokyo) colophon (Tokyo Metropolitan Government) Tonggyŏng, 1992: t.p. (동경 = Tonggyŏng) Tung-ching Fu-shih mei shu kuan tsʻang ... 1994. GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 35°41ʹ22ʺN 139°41ʹ30ʺE) WIkipedia, Feb. 27, 2013 (Tokyo (東京 = Tōkyō "Eastern Capital"), officially Tokyo Metropolis (東京都 = Tōkyō-to), is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan; 35°41ʹ22.22ʺN 139°41ʹ30.12ʺE) Arabic page (طوكيو = Ṭūkiyū) Belarusian page (Горад Токіа = Horad Tokia; Токіа = Tokia) Bulgarian page (Токио = Tokio) Shinagawa-ken (Japan). Shake jiin kunpō, 1869: t.p. (Shinagawa-ken) GEOnet, viewed, Feb. 25, 2016 (Tokyo [conventional], Tōkyō [approved], capital of a political entity in Japan, 35°41ʹ06ʺN 139°41ʹ05ʺE; variants: Tokio, Edo; also an ADM1 named Tokyo in Japan) Kodansha encyclopedia of Japan, 1983 volume 8, p. 60-61 (Tōkyō; capital of Japan; "Tōkyō was administratively enlarged in 1943 trough the amalgamation of surrounding districts and suburbs to form Tōkyō Tō (Tōkyō Prefecture or Tōkyō Metropolitan Prefecture; officially Tōkyō Metropolis). At present Tōkyō Prefecture comprises 23 wards (ku), 26 cities (shi), 1 county (gun) 4 island administrative units (shichō) and 15 towns and villages (chō, shon)"; "... in 1943 Tōkyō Fu and Tōkyō Shi were merged and the name changed to Tōkyō Tō"; "... the city undertook a feverish building program in preparation for the 1964 Tōkyō Olympic Games...") Tokyo Metropolitan Government website (English version), viewed March 15, 2016 Structure of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government PDF, p. 12 ("local government system of Japan consists of two tiers: prefectures and municipalities that make up the prefectures ...prefectures are regional authorites comprising municipalities... Japan is made of of 47 prefectures and Tokyo is one of those regional authorities"); about our city, municipalities within Tokyo (-ku: ward, -shi: city, -machi: town, -mura: village 23 ku, 26 cities, 5 towns, 8 villages) ClassWeb, July 10, 2020 (Tokyo; DS896-896.95) Minu u̇jegsen Toukio, 2008: title page (Toukio [in Mongolian script]) running title (Токио = Tokio) Chinese CIP (东京 = Dongjing (Wade-Giles: Tung-ching]) |
| Geographic area code | a-ja--- |
| Invalid LCCN | n 50067157 sh 85135853 |
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