Mergers Before April 1, 1999
- In 1943 - Tokyo City was abolished, and the government of the larger Tokyo Prefecture (Tokyo-fu, now the Tokyo Metropolitan Government) assumed the direct administration of the former city. Since 1943, no city in Japan has had the name Tokyo.
- In 1995 - the city of Akiruno was established by the merger of the city of Akigawa and the town of Itsukaichi.
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