Tokyo

Tokyo (東京 Tōkyō) is the capital and most populous prefecture of Japan. It is also the most populous metropolitan area in the world. Naturally, it has appeared in numerous kaiju films, whether as a primary setting or merely in passing.

Name
Tokyo was originally known as "Edo", meaning "estuary". Its name was changed to Tokyo (Tōkyō: tō (east) + kyō (capital)) when it became the de facto imperial capital in 1868.

#JusticeForLove: End of the World
By early July 2020, it is now only a few days before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics is scheduled to open on July 24, when a small asteroid fragment from Clara impacts Tokyo, destroying the Ginza area in a direct hit and leaving extreme devastation in the nearby special wards, including Minato, where the Tokyo Tower collapses after it was unable to withstand the asteroid's impact. Because of the incident, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics was suddenly cancelled, while the United States government assures the destruction of Tokyo was only an isolated incident by still refusing to reveal Clara's existence.

Trivia

 * Tokyo is the main setting of countless Japanese and non-Japanese films, ranging from kaiju films such as Godzilla to other kinds of films in varying genres such as Sinking of Japan or The Last War.
 * The destruction of Ginza in #JusticeForLove: End of the World by an asteroid impact later inspired a similar scene for the second season of Alice in Borderland, with the Shibuya ward being destroyed in a similar fashion.