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Osaka reached its peak population, becoming the second Japanese city to exceed 3 million people, alongside Tokyo. It has not yet surpassed its 1940 population. 3
1868 - Edo renamed "Tokyo." [4] 1869 Japanese imperial capital relocated to Tokyo from Kyoto. [6] ... 1940 - Population: 6,778,804. [17] 1941 Port of Tokyo opens. [4]
Metropolitan Tokyo-Yokohama, with its population of 35 million residents, is the world's most populous city. ... 1940 (5th national census of population) 1947 (6th ...
Population density map of the Empire of Japan (1920) Population density map of the Empire of Japan (1940) 1920 Commemorative stamp for 1st national census of the Empire of Japan Japanese policemen circa 1875 Jiichiro Matsumoto, a Japanese politician, leader of the Burakumin liberation movement Native Micronesian constables of Truk Island, circa 1930 Photograph of Atayal men in 1900
According to the map of Edo illustrated in 1725, area for samurai occupied 66.4% of the total area of Edo (estimated population density: 13,988 /km 2 for 650,000 individuals), while areas for chōnin and temples-shrines occupied 12.5% (estimated chōnin population density: 68,807 /km 2 for 600,000 individuals) and 15.4% (estimated population ...
Population in the following table is given according to the de facto population concept for enumerating the people. Source: Extraordinary Census of Japan (as of October 1, 1947), Population Census of Japan (as of April 26, 1946, November 1, 1945 and February 22, 1944), Census of Japan (as of October 1 for the years of 1940, 1935, 1930, 1925 and ...
Between 1940 and 1945, the population of Tokyo dwindled from 6,700,000 to less than 2,800,000, as soldiers were sent to the front and children were evacuated.
Of the population of 4.5 million, 2% to 3% were killed. ... Metro operations would be operated by Tokyo Rapid Transit Authority starting in 1940, and then the Tokyo ...