A report on Japan

The Edo period (江戸時代) or Tokugawa period (徳川時代) is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional daimyo.

The emperor of Japan is the monarch and the head of the Imperial Family of Japan.

Tokyo (Japanese: 東京, ), formerly Edo, historically Tokio, and officially the Tokyo Metropolis (東京都), is the capital and largest city of Japan.

Kyoto (Japanese: 京都, Kyōto ), officially Kyoto City (京都市), is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan.

Hokkaidō (北海道) is Japan's second largest island and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region.

Osaka (大阪市) is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan.

The Tokugawa shogunate (, Japanese 徳川幕府 Tokugawa bakufu), also known as the Edo shogunate (江戸幕府), was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868.

Honshu (本州), historically called Hondo (本土), is the largest and most populous main island of Japan.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi (豊臣 秀吉) born as Hiyoshi-maru, later called Kinoshita Tōkichirō and Hashiba Hideyoshi, was a Japanese samurai and daimyo (feudal lord) of the late Sengoku period regarded as the second "Great Unifier" of Japan.

The modern states of East Asia include China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan.