Timeline of Tokyo explained

The following is a timeline of the history of Tokyo, Japan.

Prior to 19th century

• 1457 - Edo Castle built.
• 1617 - Yoshiwara (prostitution district) begins operating.
• 1634 - Sankin-kōtai policy established.
• 1657 - March 2: Great Fire of Meireki occurs.
• 1682 - .
• 1698 - .
• 1707 - December: Eruption of Mount Fuji; ash falls on Edo.
• 1721 - "First population census conducted (Edo’s population about 1.3 million)."

19th century

• 1853
  • July 8: American Perry Expedition arrives in Edo Bay.
  • Odaiba island forts built in Edo Bay.
  • Hanayashiki garden opens.
• 1855 - November 11: 1855 Edo earthquake occurs.
• 1856 - Hiroshige's One Hundred Famous Views of Edo published.
• 1868 - Edo renamed "Tokyo."^[1]
• 1869
  • Japanese imperial capital relocated to Tokyo from Kyoto.
  • Tokyo Shôkonsha (shrine) established.
  • Yokohama-Tokyo telegraph begins operating.^[2]
• 1871 - Esaki Reiji photo studio in business.^[3]
• 1872
  • Yushima Seido Exposition is held
  • October: Yokohama-Tokyo railroad begins operating.
  • Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun (newspaper) begins publication.
  • "Ordinances aimed at the civilizing of the populace are enacted in Tokyo."
  • Imperial Library headquartered in Tokyo.
• 1873 - Dai-Ichi Kokuritsu Bank established.^[4]
• 1874 - Aoyama Gakuin school and Saint Paul's school established.
• 1877
  • University of Tokyo and established.
  • National Industrial Exhibition held.^[5]
• 1880 - Mitsubishi Bank and Yasuda Bank established.^[6]
• 1881
  • Tokyo Imperial Museum built.^[7]
  • Tokyo Vocational School founded.
• 1882
  • Bank of Japan headquartered in city.
  • Ueno Zoo opens.^[8]
• 1884 - Railway Yamanote Line begins operating.
• 1886 - "First fixed advertising billboard in Tokyo" installed.^[9]
• 1887 - founded.
• 1888
  • Tokyo Asahi Shimbun (newspaper) begins publication.
  • established.
• 1889
  • "Tokyo City and 15 wards established."
  • Kabuki-za (theatre) opens.
• 1890
  • Telephone begins operating.
  • Population: 1,155,290.^[10]
• 1894 - Tokyo-fu Government Building constructed in Marunouchi.
• 1897 - March: Motion picture first shown.^[11]

20th century

1900s-1940s

• 1901 - Tokyo Photography Circle (club) formed.
• 1902 - Industrial Bank of Japan headquartered in city.
• 1903
  • Electric tram begins operating.^[12]
  • Electric Hall (cinema) opens.
• 1905 - September 5: Hibiya Incendiary Incident occurs.
• 1906 - Harajuku Station opens.
• 1907 - Tokyo Industrial Exhibition held.
• 1910 - Luna Park opens.
• 1911 - Imperial Theatre opens.
• 1914
  • December: Central Station opens.
  • Taisho Exposition held.
• 1916 - Tokyo Photographers Guild established.
• 1917 - active.^[13]
• 1918
  • Rice riot occurs.
  • Neon light installed in Ginza.
• 1920
  • Meiji Shrine built.^[14]
  • Population: 3,699,428.
• 1921 - November 4: Japanese prime minister Takashi Hara assassinated.
• 1923 - September 1: 1923 Great Kantō earthquake occurs.^[15]
• 1925 - begins operating.^[16]
• 1926
  • "Public apartment housing" built.
  • NHK Symphony Orchestra^[17] and Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum established.
• 1927 - Tokyo Underground Railway begins operating between Asakusa and Ueno.
• 1928 - opens in Tokyo Bay.
• 1929 - Tokyo March song/film become popular.^[18]
• 1930 - Population: 4,986,913.
• 1931 - Haneda Airport begins operating.
• 1933 - Dai-Ichi Seimei Building constructed.
• 1934
  • Yomiuri Giants baseball team formed.
  • opens.
• 1936
  • Konishiroku Honten in business.
  • Japanese Folk Crafts Museum founded.^[19]
• 1937 - Korakuen Stadium opens.
• 1938 - Rikugi-en (park) opens.
• 1940 - Population: 6,778,804.
• 1941
  • Port of Tokyo opens.
  • Italian Cultural Institute in Tokyo opens.^[20]
• 1942 - April: Bombing of Tokyo by US forces begins.
• 1943 - "Metropolitan administration system established."
• 1945
  • 10 March: A major air attack kills 90,000 to 100,000 people and destroys a quarter of the city's buildings
  • August: Bombing of Tokyo by US forces ends.
  • established.
  • Population: 3,488,284.^[21]
• 1946 - Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal begins.
• 1947
  • Seiichirō Yasui elected governor.
  • 23 Special wards of Tokyo created.
• 1948 - National Diet Library headquartered in Tokyo.

1950s-1990s

• 1950 - Population: 6,277,500.
• 1955
  • Tokyo International Trade Fair begins.^[22]
  • Population: 6,966,499.
• 1956 - City hosts the 1956 World Judo Championships.
• 1958
  • Japanese National Stadium opens.
  • May: 1958 Asian Games held in Tokyo.
  • November: City hosts the 1958 World Judo Championships.
• 1961
  • opens.
  • Higashi-Ikebukuro Taishôken ramen shop in business.

• 1964
  • Tōkaidō Shinkansen (hi-speed train) begins operating;^[23]
  • October: 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo.
  • Tokyo 12 Channel TV begins broadcasting.
  • Hotel New Otani Tokyo built.
• 1967
  • January: City hosts the 1967 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship.
  • Yoyogi Park created.
• 1968
  • Kasumigaseki Building (hi-rise) built.
  • Ramen Jiro eatery in business.
• 1969 - " enacted."
• 1971 - Keio Plaza Hotel (hi-rise) built.
• 1971 - The Zengakuren demonstrate in Tokyo against terms for the return of Okinawa from US to Japanese control.
• 1972 - Nakagin Capsule Tower built.
• 1973 - Tokyo Metropolitan Library opens.^[24]
• 1975
  • Ward mayoral election held.
  • Population: 8,640,000 city; 11,622,651 urban agglomeration.^[25]
• 1979 - June: 5th G7 summit held in city.
• 1988
  • Tokyo Dome (stadium) opens.
  • Yumenoshima Tropical Greenhouse Dome established.^[26]
• 1989 - Bunkamura cultural venue opens.
• 1991 - Metropolitan government relocates to new building in Shinjuku.
• 1993
  • Rainbow Bridge opens.
  • DN Tower 21 built.
• 1995 - March 20: Tokyo subway sarin attack.
• 1996 - Tokyo Big Sight convention centre opens.
• 2000 - Population: 8,130,408.^[27]

21st century

• 2001
  • 10 March: Tokyo Stadium open.
  • October: Asian Network of Major Cities 21 meets in Tokyo.
• 2002 - Tokyo International Anime Fair begins.
• 2004 - bank established.
• 2005 - Tokyo Metropolitan University established.
• 2006 - Czech Centre in Tokyo opens.^[28]
• 2007
  • Tokyo Marathon begins.
  • Midtown Tower built.
  • Shinjuku Wald 9 cinema in business.^[29]
• 2008 - C40 environmental group meets in Tokyo.
• 2010 - City hosts the 2010 World Judo Championships.
• 2011
  • 11 March: 2011 Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami occurs and seriously Fukushima nuclear disaster.
  • 17 November: Polish Institute in Tokyo founded (see also Japan–Poland relations).^[30]

• 2012
  • Tokyo Gate Bridge opens.
  • Tokyo Skytree tower built.
• 2013 - September: Tokyo chosen as site of the future 2020 Summer Olympics.
• 2014
  • Toranomon Hills (hi-rise) built.
  • Yoichi Masuzoe elected governor.^[31]
• 2016 - Yuriko Koike elected governor.
• 2017
  • 25 November: Musashino Forest Sport Plaza open.
• 2019
  • August: Oi Hockey Stadium open.
  • August–September: City hosts the 2019 World Judo Championships.
  • October: Ariake Gymnastics Centre open.
  • 28 November-1 December: 2019 Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships held.
  • New Japan National Stadium open.
  • Hungarian Cultural Center in Tokyo opened (see also Hungary–Japan relations).^[32]
• 2020
  • 24 January: First confirmed case relating to the COVID-19 pandemic in Tokyo.^[33]
  • 3 February: Ariake Arena open.
  • March: Ultimately postponement of 2020 Summer Olympics to July 2021 announced due to COVID-19 concerns.
  • October: Tokyo Aquatics Centre open.
• 2021
  • 2020 Summer Olympics held.
  • 2020 Summer Paralympics held.

See also

• History of Tokyo, and "significant events" sections

References

This article incorporates information from the Japanese Wikipedia.

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1. Web site: Historical Calendar of Tokyo . Tokyo Metropolitan Government . July 30, 2015 . (timeline)
2. Web site: . New York . Timeline of Modern Japan (1868-1945) . About Japan: a Teacher’s Resource .
3. Book: History of Japanese Photography . 2003 . . USA . 978-0-300-09925-6 . Chronology . https://books.google.com/books?id=gQkHWBEbFxIC&pg=PT339 . registration .
4. Book: Norio Tamaki . Japanese Banking: A History, 1859-1959. Genealogy of leading Japanese banks, 1859-1959 . https://books.google.com/books?id=jJZVJz1YMzMC&pg=PR18 . 1995. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-02233-0.
5. Web site: Expositions: where the modern technology of the times was exhibited . . Tokyo . 2011 .
6. Web site: Comparative Chronology of Money . . Roy Davies . 2002 . University of Exeter .
7. Web site: Japan, 1800–1900 A.D.: Key Events . Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History . . New York . July 30, 2015 .
8. Book: Vernon N. Kisling. Zoo and Aquarium History. 2000. . USA . 978-1-4200-3924-5 . Zoological Gardens of Japan (chronological list) . https://books.google.com/books?id=dxTrR5nOE0UC&pg=PA384 .
9. Book: Brian Moeran . A Japanese Advertising Agency: An Anthropology of Media and Markets . 978-1-136-79533-6 . Chronology of Japanese Advertising and Media from 1862 to 1991 . https://books.google.com/books?id=Za7dAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA298 . University of Hawaii Press . 1996 .
10. Growth of Urban Population in Japan . Ayanori Okasaki . Genus . 13 . 1957 . 1/4 . 132–152 . 29787368.
11. Book: Jasper Sharp. Historical Dictionary of Japanese Cinema. 2011. Scarecrow Press. 978-0-8108-7541-8 . Chronology . https://books.google.com/books?id=oAYsyZRRqzcC&pg=PR19 .
12. Book: Kenneth Henshall. Historical Dictionary of Japan to 1945 . 2014. . USA . 978-0-8108-7872-3 . Chronology . https://books.google.com/books?id=tmYYAgAAQBAJ&pg=PR15.
13. Book: Toru Mitsui . Made in Japan: Studies in Popular Music. 2014. Routledge. 978-1-135-95534-2.
14. Web site: . New York . Timeline of Religion and Nationalism in Meiji and Imperial Japan . About Japan: a Teacher’s Resource . July 30, 2015 .
15. News: Japan Profile: Timeline . BBC News . BBC News . 7 October 2011 . July 30, 2015.
16. Book: Yoshio Sugimoto . Cambridge Companion to Modern Japanese Culture. 2009. Cambridge University Press. 978-1-107-49546-3 . Chronology . https://books.google.com/books?id=s80AAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT15 .
17. Book: . Cambridge Companion to the Orchestra. 2003. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-00132-8 . Orchestras Founded in the 20th Century (chronological list) . https://books.google.com/books?id=1DW1WyiooSMC&pg=PA277 .
18. Book: Daisuke Miyao. Oxford Handbook of Japanese Cinema. 2013. Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-973166-4.
19. Web site: Japan, 1900 A.D.-present: Key Events . Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History . . New York . July 30, 2015 .
20. Web site: Storia. Istituto italiano di Cultura Tokyo. 31 July 2022. it.
21. Web site: Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants . Demographic Yearbook 1955 . . New York .
22. Book: . New York . Tokyo, 1955-1970: a New Avant-garde . 2012 . 978-0-87070-834-3 . Chronology . https://books.google.com/books?id=oGeO8euGgTkC&pg=PA180 .
23. Book: Christopher P. Hood. Shinkansen: From Bullet Train to Symbol of Modern Japan . 2006. Routledge. 978-1-134-36089-5 . Chronology . https://books.google.com/books?id=cwbklrvmS-oC&pg=PA211 .
24. Web site: Institutions in Japan: Browse by Region (Kinki) . Research Access in Japanese Museums, Libraries, and Archives Resources . North American Coordinating Council on Japanese Library Resources . July 30, 2015 .
25. Book: Demographic Yearbook 1975 . 1976 . United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office . New York . Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants . 253–279 .
26. Web site: Garden Search: Japan . . London . July 30, 2015 .
27. Book: Europa World Year Book . 2004. . 978-1-85743-254-1 . Japan . https://books.google.com/books?id=wGA4o-UhAfgC&pg=PA2341 .
28. Web site: O nás. České centrum Tokio. 31 July 2022. cs.
29. Web site: Movie Theaters in Tokyo . CinemaTreasures.org . Cinema Treasures LLC . Los Angeles . July 30, 2015 .
30. Web site: O nas. Instytut Polski w Tokio. 31 July 2022. pl.
31. Web site: Japanese Mayors . London . City Mayors.com . . July 30, 2015 .
32. Web site: Elérhetőség. Magyar Kulturális Központ Tokió. 31 July 2022. hu.
33. Web site: 新型コロナウイルスに関連した感染症の患者の発生について. 東京都福祉保健局. 2020-01-24. 2020-03-26.