What is the capital of Japan?

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What is the capital of Japan?

A capital city is the place where a country’s national government is based—the main offices of the legislature and the executive, plus the central administrative functions are located there. For Japan, Tokyo hosts the National Diet, the Prime Minister’s offices, and most ministries, and the Imperial Palace sits in Tokyo as the seat of the nation’s government. Kyoto served as the capital in earlier eras, but the Meiji Restoration shifted the political center to Tokyo. Osaka and Sapporo are major cities with important regional roles, but they are not the national government’s base today.

A capital city is the place where a country’s national government is based—the main offices of the legislature and the executive, plus the central administrative functions are located there. For Japan, Tokyo hosts the National Diet, the Prime Minister’s offices, and most ministries, and the Imperial Palace sits in Tokyo as the seat of the nation’s government. Kyoto served as the capital in earlier eras, but the Meiji Restoration shifted the political center to Tokyo. Osaka and Sapporo are major cities with important regional roles, but they are not the national government’s base today.

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