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Tokyo 14th District
Tokyo's 14th district is a Single-member district, single-member electoral district of the House of Representatives (Japan), Japanese House of Representatives, the lower house of the national National Diet. It has been held by Midori Matsushima from the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), Liberal Democratic Party since 2012 Japanese general election, 2012. Areas Covered Current District As of 20 January 2023, the areas covered by this district are as follows: * Sumida, Tokyo, Sumida * Edogawa, Tokyo, Edogawa ** Chūō (town), Chūō 4, Matsushima, Tokyo, Matsushima 1-4, Higashi Komatsugawa, Tokyo, Higashi Komatsugawa 1-4, Nishi Komatsugawa, Tokyo, Nishi Komatsugawa, Okinomiya, Tokyo, Okinomiya, Kamiishiki, Tokyo, Kamiishiki 1-3, Honisshiki, Tokyo, Honisshiki 1-3, within the jurisdiction of the central ward office ** Within the Komatsugawa, Tokyo, Komatsugawa and Koiwa, Tokyo, Koiwa offices As part of the 2022 redistricting, the areas of Taitō were given back to the Tokyo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 million residents ; the city proper has a population of 13.99 million people. Located at the head of Tokyo Bay, the prefecture forms part of the Kantō region on the central coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island. Tokyo serves as Japan's economic center and is the seat of both the Japanese government and the Emperor of Japan. Originally a fishing village named Edo, the city became politically prominent in 1603, when it became the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate. By the mid-18th century, Edo was one of the most populous cities in the world with a population of over one million people. Following the Meiji Restoration of 1868, the imperial capital in Kyoto was moved to Edo, which was renamed "Tokyo" (). Tokyo was devastate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
