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Tokyo Bay

is a bay in the southern Kanto region

Kanto region

The is a geographical area of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. The region encompasses seven Prefectures of Japan which overlaps the Greater Tokyo Area: Gunma Prefecture, Tochigi Prefecture, Ibaraki Prefecture, Saitama Prefecture, Tokyo, Chiba Prefecture, and Kanagawa Prefecture....
of Japan

Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
. Its old name was .

o Bay is surrounded by the Boso Peninsula

Boso Peninsula

Boso Peninsula is a peninsula in Chiba prefecture on Honshu, the largest island of Japan. It forms the eastern edge of Tokyo Bay, separating it from the Pacific Ocean....
(Chiba Prefecture

Chiba Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located in the Greater Tokyo Area. Its capital is Chiba, Chiba....
) to the east and the Miura Peninsula

Miura Peninsula

The Miura Peninsula is a peninsula located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It lies south of Yokohama and Tokyo and divides Tokyo Bay, to the east, from Sagami Bay, to the west....
(Kanagawa Prefecture

Kanagawa Prefecture

is a prefectures of Japan located in the southern Kanto region of Honshu, Japan. The capital is Yokohama. Kanagawa is part of the Greater Tokyo Area....
) to the west.

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is a bay in the southern Kanto region

Kanto region

Japan

Geography

Tokyo Bay is surrounded by the Boso Peninsula

Boso Peninsula

Boso Peninsula is a peninsula in Chiba prefecture on Honshu, the largest island of Japan. It forms the eastern edge of Tokyo Bay, separating it from the Pacific Ocean....
(Chiba Prefecture

Chiba Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located in the Greater Tokyo Area. Its capital is Chiba, Chiba....
) to the east and the Miura Peninsula

Miura Peninsula

Kanagawa Prefecture

is a prefectures of Japan located in the southern Kanto region of Honshu, Japan. The capital is Yokohama. Kanagawa is part of the Greater Tokyo Area....
) to the west. In a narrow sense, Tokyo Bay is the area north of the straight line formed by the on the Miura Peninsula on one end and on the Boso Peninsula on the other end. This area covers about 922 km². Tokyo Bay in a broad sense includes also the Uraga Channel

Uraga Channel

The Uraga Channel is a waterway connecting Tokyo Bay to the Sagami Gulf. It is an important channel for ships headed from Tokyo, Yokohama, and Chiba, Chiba to the Pacific Ocean and beyond....
. The total area would then be 1320 km².

Tokyo Bay includes about 249 km² of reclaimed land area.

The only natural island in the Bay is , Yokosuka, Kanagawa

Yokosuka, Kanagawa

is a cities of Japan located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.It is located at the mouth of Tokyo Bay in the Miura Peninsula, and the city stretches across the peninsula to Sagami Bay....
. There are however many artificial islands built as naval fortification during the Meiji

Meiji period

The , or Meiji era, denotes the 45-year reign of the Meiji Emperor, running, in the Gregorian calendar, from 23 October 1868 to 30 July 1912. During this time, Japan started its modernization and rose to world power status....
and Taisho period

Taisho period

The , or Taisho era, is a period in the history of Japan dating from July 30, 1912 to December 25, 1926, coinciding with the reign of the Taisho Emperor....
.

Islands

Dream Island (Yume No Shima)
Dream Island (Yume No Shima)

Dream Island is an artificial island in Tokyo Bay made completely of Waste.It was started in the late 1960s by the Tokyo municipal/prefectural government as a potential solution to some of the woes of the garbage problem in the city of Tokyo which was in the throes of great debate about what to do about the tens of thousands of tons of ga...
Odaiba
Odaiba

is a large artificial island in Tokyo Bay, Japan, across the Rainbow Bridge from central Tokyo. It was initially built for defensive purposes in the 1800s, dramatically expanded during the late 20th century as a seaport district, and has developed since the 1990s as a major commercial, residential and leisure area....
Saru Island (the only natural one)
Heiwa Island :ja:???
Katsushima :ja:??
Showa Island :ja:???
Keihin Island :ja:???
Hakkeijima :ja:??·??????????
Higashi Ogijima :ja:???
Tokyo International Airport
Tokyo International Airport

, located in Ota, Tokyo, Japan, is one of the two primary airports serving the Greater Tokyo Area. It is commonly known as .Although Haneda was originally the primary airport for the Tokyo region, it now shares that role with Narita International Airport....

Tokyo bay has a replica of the Statue of Liberty.

Development

The ports of Tokyo

Tokyo

, officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshu. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the Tokyo City in the eastern part of the prefecture, and total over 8 million people....
, Chiba

Chiba, Chiba

is the capital cities of Japan of Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is located approximately 40 km east of the center of Tokyo on Tokyo Bay. Chiba City became a City designated by government ordinance in 1992....
, Kawasaki

Kawasaki, Kanagawa

is a cities of Japan located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, between 23 special wards and Yokohama. It is the 8th most populated city in Japan and one of the main cities forming the Greater Tokyo Area and Keihin Industrial Area....
, Yokohama

Port of Yokohama

The is operated by the Port and Harbor Bureau of the City of Yokohama in Japan. It opens onto Tokyo Bay. The port is located at a latitude of 35.19.?29?N and a longitude of 139.37?45?E....
, and Yokosuka

Yokosuka, Kanagawa

is a cities of Japan located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.It is located at the mouth of Tokyo Bay in the Miura Peninsula, and the city stretches across the peninsula to Sagami Bay....
are all located on Tokyo Bay. The port of Yokosuka contains the naval bases of United States Forces Japan

United States Forces Japan

The United States Forces Japan refers to the various divisions of the United States Armed Forces that are stationed in Japan. Under the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan, the United States is obliged to defend Japan in close cooperation with the Japan Self-Defense Forces for maritime defense, balli...
and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

The , or JMSDF, is the maritime branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, tasked with the naval defense of Japan. It was formed following the dissolution of the Imperial Japanese Navy after World War II....
.

On the western coast of Tokyo Bay, between Tokyo and Yokohama, the Keihin Industrial Area has been developed since the Meiji Era. This was expanded to the Keiyo Industrial Area along the north and east coasts after World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
.

The Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line

Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line

The is a bridge-tunnel combination across Tokyo Bay in Japan.It connects the city of Kawasaki, Kanagawa in Kanagawa Prefecture with the city of Kisarazu, Chiba in Chiba Prefecture, and is designated as part of National Route 409....
bridge/tunnel crosses Tokyo Bay between Kawasaki

Kawasaki, Kanagawa

Kisarazu, Chiba

is a cities of Japan located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan.The city was founded on November 3, 1942.As of 2003, Kisarazu city has an estimated population of 122,542 and a population density of 883.82 persons per km?....
; Tokyo-Wan Ferry

Tokyo-Wan Ferry

The is Japanese car ferry operator. Its line links Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Kanagawa Prefecture and Futtsu, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, across Tokyo Bay in some 40 minutes....
also crosses the bay toward the Uraga Channel

Uraga Channel

Futtsu, Chiba

is a cities of Japan located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 51,528 and the population density of 251.17 persons per km?....
on the Chiba side).

History

Tokyo Bay was the venue for Commodore Matthew Perry

Matthew Perry (naval officer)

Matthew Calbraith Perry was the Commodore of the United States Navy who compelled the opening of Japan to the West with the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854....
's early negotiations with the Japanese bakufu

Tokugawa shogunate

The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the , and the , was a feudalism regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family....
in the 1850s, as well as most official Japanese-European contacts preceding the Meiji Restoration

Meiji Restoration

The , also known as the Meiji Ishin, Revolution, or Renewal, was a chain of events that led to enormous changes in Japan's political and social structure....
.

The Japanese Instrument of Surrender

Japanese Instrument of Surrender

The Japanese Instrument of Surrender was the written agreement that enabled the Surrender of Japan, ending World War II. It was signed by representatives from the Empire of Japan, the United States of America, the Republic of China, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, the Commonwealth of Australia, the Canada, the Provisional Government o...
at the end of World War II

World War II

USS Missouri (BB-63)

USS Missouri is a United States Navy Iowa class battleship, and was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the U.S....
moored in the Bay on 2 September 1945. During the ceremony a flag from one of Perry's ships was flown.

Tokyo Bay

Geography

Islands

Development

History

See also