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Tokyo Metropolis is the media and communications center of Japan. By the late 1980s the city included many of Japan’s media and communications businesses, despite having only about 10 percent of the country’s population. In the early 1990s some 2,400 monthly and weekly periodicals were being published in Tokyo. Moreover, there are eight general newspapers published in the city, as well as three economic and industrial newspapers and seven sports newspapers. The newspapers with the largest circulations are Yomiuri Shimbun, Mainichi Shimbun, and Asahi Shimbun. Tokyo is ... the origin of most television and radio programming in Japan.
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To give you an idea where to go in the vast, bewildering metropolis that is Tokyo, here is a quick guide for the visitor. You could say all roads lead to Nihonbashi as all distances to and from Tokyo are measured from here. Nihonbashi (literally, "Japan Bridge") is centuries-old, though the present Western-style structure only dates back to the Meiji Period (1868-1912) and was once a prominent landmark. Nowadays, it is dwarfed by buildings and an overhead expressway. Mitsukoshi (Japan's oldest department store, still on its original site) and Takashimaya, another venerable shopping institution, are worth visiting.
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Started in 1954 when it was known as the All Japan Motor Show, the Tokyo Motor Show has its roots in commercial vehicles. The early auto shows were dominated by trucks, with passenger cars representing less than 10 percent of the vehicles on display. Over the years, the rise of the Japanese passenger car industry, both in its home market and especially abroad, made the Tokyo auto show a must-attend event for anyone interested in the latest new cars, trucks and even buses. Today, the Tokyo auto show is beginning to share some of the limelight with the Shanghai Motor Show, but it's still regarded as the preeminent auto show in all of Asia.
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Tokyo has many theaters for the performing arts as well. These include national and private theaters for traditional forms of Japanese drama (like noh and kabuki) as well as modern dramas. Symphony orchestras and other musical organizations perform Western and traditional music. Tokyo ... hosts modern Japanese and Western pop and rock music at venues ranging in size from intimate clubs to internationally known arenas like the Nippon Budokan.
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The port of Tokyo has expanded tremendously in recent years and is now the second largest in Japan (after Yokohama) in value of trade. In 1993 it accounted for approximately 14 percent of all trade by Japan’s ports. Reasons for the port’s growth include the deepening of sea lanes in Tokyo Bay, large reclamation projects to create room for new facilities and container terminals, and improvements to storage and distribution facilities. The largest categories of exports from the port of Tokyo are machinery, automotive parts, and chemical products. Imports include lumber, machinery, fruits and vegetables, processed foods and beverages, and marine products. Much of Tokyo’s trade ... goes through the port of Yokohama.
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Tokyo was originally a small fishing village named Edo. In 1457, Ōta Dōkan built Edo Castle. In 1590, Tokugawa Ieyasu made Edo his base and when he became shogun in 1603, the town became the center of his nationwide military government. During the subsequent Edo period, Edo grew into one of the largest cities in the world with a population topping one million by the 18th century[8]. It became the de facto capital of Japan[9] even while the emperor lived in Kyoto, the imperial capital.
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