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Politics Of Tokyo
The is the government of the Tokyo Metropolis. One of the 56 prefectures of Japan, the government consists of a popularly elected governor and assembly. The headquarters building is located in the ward of Shinjuku. The metropolitan government administers the special wards, cities, towns and villages that constitute part of the Tokyo Metropolis. With a population closing in on 14 million living within its boundaries, and many more commuting from neighbouring prefectures, the metropolitan government wields significant political power within Japan. Structure of Tokyo Metropolis Under Japanese law, Tokyo is designated as a ''to'' ( 都), translated as ''metropolis''. Within Tokyo Metropolis lie dozens of smaller entities, including twenty-three special wards (特別 区 -ku) which until 1943 made up Tokyo City but which now have individual local governments, each with a leader and a council. In addition to these 23 local governments, Tokyo also encompasses 26 cities ( 市 -shi), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Tokyo
Western Tokyo, also known as the , or , in the Tokyo Metropolis consists of 30 ordinary municipalities (Cities of Japan, cities (市 shi), Towns of Japan, towns (町 machi) and one Villages of Japan, village (村 mura)), unlike the eastern part which consists of 23 Special wards of Tokyo, special wards. Before it was transferred to Tokyo in 1893, the Tama area, then also still often referred to as the (referring to the Nishitama District, Kanagawa, West, Kitatama District, Kanagawa, North and Minamitama District, Kanagawa, South Tama counties it consisted of) had formed the Northern part of Kanagawa Prefecture.National Archives of Japan三多摩を東京府に編入/ref> Overview Whereas in the east of Tokyo Metropolis the 23 Special wards of Tokyo, special wards occupy the area that was formerly Tokyo City, the west consists of 30 other ordinary municipalities: Cities of Japan, cities (Nos. 1–26), Towns of Japan, towns (Nos. 27, 28, 30) and a Villages of Japan, village (No. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshikawa Akimasa
Count was a Japanese bureaucrat, statesman and cabinet minister, active in Meiji- and Taishō-period Japan. Biography Yoshikawa was born in Yamakawa, Awa Province (currently Yoshinogawa, Tokushima) as the son of a local ''samurai''. After the Meiji Restoration, he went to Tokyo and entered into service of the new Meiji government, rising to become head of the National Printing Bureau under the Ministry of Finance in 1872. He was a close protégé of Yamagata Aritomo and at Yamagata's urging, served as Governor of Tokyo from July 1882 to June 1885. As Governor, Yoshikawa submitted a plan for the complete redevelopment of Tokyo based on the redevelopment of Paris under Napoleon III. Yoshikawa's plan called for a system of wide boulevards and canals radiating out from the Tokyo Imperial Palace. He also called for an expansion of the train system to a terminus in an expanded Tokyo Station. Although some elements of the “Yoshikawa Plan” were eventually implemented, most remai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matsuda Michiyuki
was a Japanese bureaucrat and statesman, active in the Meiji period of Imperial Japan. Matsuda was governor of Shiga Prefecture from 1871 to 1875, and governor of Tokyo from 1879 to 1882. Matsuda was sent to Ryukyu in 1879. He abolished Ryukyu Domain The was a short-lived domain of the Empire of Japan, lasting from 1872 to 1879, before becoming the current Okinawa Prefecture and other islands at the Pacific edge of the East China Sea. When the domain was created in 1872, Japan's feudal han ... and declared the creation of Okinawa Prefecture in the same year. Hamashita, Takeshi. ''Okinawa Nyūmon'' (沖縄入門, "Introduction to Okinawa"). Tokyo: Chikuma Shobō, 2000, pp. 207–13. References , - {{Authority control People from Tottori Prefecture Japanese Home Ministry government officials Governors of Shiga Prefecture Governors of Tokyo People of Meiji-period Japan History of Okinawa Prefecture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kusumoto Masataka
(April 14, 1838 – February 7, 1902) was a Japanese Home Ministry government official. He was a member of the House of Representatives of the Empire of Japan and its third speaker. Previously, he was governor of Niigata Prefecture (1872–1875) and governor of Tokyo (1875–1879). He was a recipient of the Order of the Rising Sun and the Order of the Sacred Treasure The is a Japanese order, established on 4 January 1888 by Emperor Meiji as the Order of Meiji. Originally awarded in eight classes (from 8th to 1st, in ascending order of importance), since 2003 it has been awarded in six classes, the lowest ..., and in 1896, he was granted the title of baron (男爵, danshaku) under Meiji Japan's European-derived kazoku peerage system. Bibliography * 霞会館華族家系大成編輯委員会『 平成新修旧華族家系大成』上巻、霞会館、1996年。 {{DEFAULTSORT:Masataka, Kusumoto 1838 births 1902 deaths Japanese Home Ministry government officials G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōkubo Ichiō
, also Okubo, Ohkubo and Ookubo, is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Ōkubo clan **Ōkubo Tadayo (1532–1594), Japanese daimyō of the Sengoku period **Ōkubo Tadasuke (1537–1613), Japanese daimyō of the Sengoku and Edo periods **Ōkubo Nagayasu (1545–1613), Japanese samurai of the Edo period ** Ōkubo Tadachika (1553–1628), Japanese daimyō of the Sengoku and Edo periods **Ōkubo Tadataka (1560–1639), Japanese samurai of the Sengoku and Edo periods ** Ōkubo Tadazane (1778–1837), Japanese daimyō of the late Edo period **Ōkubo Toshimichi (1830–1878), Japanese samurai and later leader of the Meiji restoration ;Contemporary *Atsushi Ōkubo, Japanese manga author * Benji Okubo, American artist * Hiroshi Okubo, Japanese video game music composer *James K. Okubo, American Medal of Honor recipient *Ōkubo Haruno, Japanese general * Hideo Ohkubo, Japanese businessman *, Japanese cyclist *, Japanese Nordic combined skier * Kayoko Okubo, Japanese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuri Kimimasa
Viscount was a statesman in Meiji period Japan.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Yuri Kimimasa" in . During the Meiji Restoration he used the alias Life and career Yuri was a '' samurai'' born in Fukui, Echizen Province (present-day Fukui Prefecture). He studied under the Confucian scholar Yokoi Shōnan. He worked towards the financial reform and modernizing of the Fukui domain and received preferential treatment from ''daimyō'' Matsudaira Yoshinaga due to his great ability. Yuri joined the new Meiji government as a ''san'yo'' (senior councillor), and took charge of the financial and monetary policy of the new government. Together with Fukuoka Takachika, he was the principal author of the Charter Oath. Yuri was involved in the issuance of Japan's first national paper banknotes in 1868. In 1871, he became the fourth governor of Tokyo. Yuri left the role the following year, but was selected as one of the members of the Iwakura Mission on its around-the-worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mibu Motoosa
270px, Mibu Toy Museum is a town located in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 39,158 in 16,149 households, and a population density of 640 persons per km². The total area of the town is . Geography Mibu is located in south-central Tochigi Prefecture. The town is situated in the northern portion of the Kanto plain and is mostly flat terrain with an elevation of 50 to 100 meters above sea level. The Kurokawa River flows through the town. The is about 90 kilometers north of Tokyo metropolis, and is bordered by the prefectural capital of Utsunomiya to the north. Approximately a third of the land area of the town is covered in rice paddy. Surrounding municipalities Tochigi Prefecture * Utsunomiya * Kanuma * Tochigi * Shimotsuke Climate Mibu has a Humid continental climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Mibu is 13.8 °C. The average annual rainfall is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōki Takatō
, was a Japanese statesman during the early Meiji period. He was Governor of Tokyo in 1868 and a member of the Japanese Privy Council in 1889.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Ōki Takatō" in . Biography Ōki was born into a ''samurai'' family in Saga, in Hizen province (present-day Saga prefecture). He studied at the domain school ''Kodokan'', and promoted reform of the domain administration. During the Boshin War he was a leader in the Saga forces committed to the overthrow of the Tokugawa shogunate. After the Meiji Restoration, he supervised the transfer of the imperial capital from Kyoto to Tokyo, and was appointed the first Governor of Tokyo. In 1871, he became Education Minister and is credited with establishing Japan's modern educational system. In 1873, he became ''sangi'' (councillor) and in 1876, Justice Minister and was concerned with the punishment of the disgruntled ex-''samurai'' involved in the Hagi Rebellion and the Shimpūren Rebellion. In 1880, he be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridgetunnel across the Öresund. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic country, the third-largest country in the European Union, and the fifth-largest country in Europe. The capital and largest city is Stockholm. Sweden has a total population of 10.5 million, and a low population density of , with around 87% of Swedes residing in urban areas in the central and southern half of the country. Sweden has a nature dominated by forests and a large amount of lakes, including some of the largest in Europe. Many long rivers run from the Scandes range through the landscape, primarily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prefectures Of Japan
Japan is divided into 47 prefectures (, ''todōfuken'', ), which rank immediately below the national government and form the country's first level of jurisdiction and administrative division. They include 43 prefectures proper (, ''ken''), two urban prefectures (, '' fu'': Osaka and Kyoto), one " circuit" or "territory" (, '' dō'': Hokkai-dō) and one metropolis (, '' to'': Tokyo). In 1868, the Meiji ''Fuhanken sanchisei'' administration created the first prefectures (urban ''fu'' and rural ''ken'') to replace the urban and rural administrators (''bugyō'', ''daikan'', etc.) in the parts of the country previously controlled directly by the shogunate and a few territories of rebels/shogunate loyalists who had not submitted to the new government such as Aizu/ Wakamatsu. In 1871, all remaining feudal domains ''( han)'' were also transformed into prefectures, so that prefectures subdivided the whole country. In several waves of territorial consolidation, today's 47 prefecture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
