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  2. San'ya - Wikipedia

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    San'ya (山谷, San'ya) is an area in the Taitō and Arakawa wards of Tokyo, located south of the Namidabashi intersection, around the Yoshino-dori.A neighborhood named "San'ya" existed until 1966, but the area was renamed and split between several neighborhoods.

  3. Kamagasaki - Wikipedia

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    Kamagasaki (釜ヶ崎) is an old place name for a part of Nishinari-ku in Osaka, Japan. Airin-chiku (あいりん地区) became the area's official name in May 1966.. It has the largest day laborer concentration in the country. 30,000 people are estimated to live in every 2,000 meter radius in this area, part of which has been in slum-like conditions until as recently as 2012, containing run ...

  4. List of slums - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of slums. A slum as defined by the United Nations agency UN-Habitat , is a run-down area of a city characterized by substandard housing, squalor, and lacking in tenure security. According to the United Nations, the percentage of urban dwellers living in slums decreased from 47 percent to 37 percent in the developing world between ...

  5. Category:Slums in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Slums in Japan" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. K. Kamagasaki; Kawasaki, Kanagawa

  6. Burakumin - Wikipedia

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    In 1872, a group of Yamabushi, who objected to the Emperor's consumption of meat, tried to enter the Tokyo Imperial Palace and four of them were killed. They claimed that gods would leave Japan because the Japanese had eaten meat. [10] There were many terms used to indicate former outcastes, their communities or settlements at the time.

  7. List of cities in Tokyo Metropolis by population - Wikipedia

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    Tokyo Tokyo Hachiōji Machida Fuchū. The following table lists the 61 cities, towns, villages and special wards in Tokyo, according to the 2020 Census. The table also gives an overview of the evolution of the population since the 1995 census. [1] Officially, there has been no single Tokyo municipality since 1943.

  8. Category:Neighborhoods of Tokyo - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Neighborhoods of Tokyo" The following 107 pages are in this category, out of 107 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Agariyashiki;

  9. Prefectures of Japan - Wikipedia

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    As Tokyo city's suburbs grew rapidly in the early 20th century, many towns and villages in Tokyo were merged or promoted over the years. In 1932, five complete districts with their 82 towns and villages were merged into Tokyo City and organised in 20 new wards. Also, by 1940, there were two more cities in Tokyo: Hachiōji City and Tachikawa City.