that is now the de facto living in Tokyo. In Japan, the term's "capital of " (shuto) recently known person after World War II ended. Earlier, Tokyo since the year 1868 is the capital city of the Empire (the teito). The term's "capital of " widely known after the new set of laws of development of the capital (Shuto kensetsu-hō) in 1950 which is no longer valid after the promulgation of the law Consolidated Metropolitan area (Shutoken seibi-hō) in 1959.
Up to now, the position of Tokyo as the capital of Japan does not have a valid legal basis. [1] However, in practice, Tokyo is treated as the capital of Japan in the writing of laws and legislation.
Tokyo is treated as the de facto capital of Japan according to the Constitution, because the emperor as Japan's "coat of arms of Japan and a symbol uniting the people of Japan " and the Emperor based in Tokyo
