the capital of Japan, a port on SE Honshu on Tokyo Bay (an inlet of the Pacific): part of the largest conurbation in the world; major industrial centre and the chief cultural centre of Japan. Pop (Tokyo–Yokohama metropolitan area): 38 001 018 (2015 est)
Former name: Edo
Tokyo in American English
(ˈtoʊkiˌoʊ; ˈtoʊˌkjoʊ)
capital of Japan: seaport on an inlet (Tokyo Bay) of the Pacific, on S Honshu: pop. 7,885,000