a) from Honshu to Hokkaido in 1948 to assert claims to the Kurile islands lost to Russia at the end of World War II b) from Kyoto to Tokyo by the Meiji rulers c) to Hiroshima after World War II d) has always been located in Osaka e) to the newly-planned city of Nippon in 1946
The Emperor moved to Edo, which was renamed Tokyo. Thus, Tokyo became the capital of Japan. During the Meiji era (1868-1912), Japan began its avid assimilation of Western civilization.
