Tokyo

City · 1868 CE · in Central Asia

Capital of Empire of Japan (1943–1945), Japan (1953–today).

Budapest (c. 1867 CE): Capital of Hungarian Nationalists (1867–1918), Austria-Hungary (1868–1918), Hungarian Republic (1919–1943), and 1 more.
Maseru (1869 CE): Capital of Lesotho (1967–today).
Bujumbura (1871 CE): Capital of Republic of Burundi (1963–2019).
Levuka (c. 1871 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Fiji (1871–1874).
Dessau (c. 1863–2007 CE): Capital of Duchy of Anhalt (1863–1870).
Port Moresby (1873 CE): Capital of Papua New Guinea (1975–today).
Dar es Salaam (1862 CE): Capital of Tanzania (1964–1996).
Saigon (1862–1976 CE): Capital of French Indochina (1887–1954).
Turin (c. 1861 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Italy (1861–1865).
Vladivostok (1860 CE): Capital of Provisional Priamurye Government (1922–1922).

Around the same time and place

Meiji Restoration (1868 CE): Imperial rule was restored under Emperor Meiji, launching Japan's rapid modernisation.
Joseon (1392–1897 CE): Dynasty founded by Yi Seong-gye with its capital at Hanseong (Seoul); it ruled Korea for five centuries.
Tokugawa shogunate (1603–1868 CE): Military government based at Edo that brought over two centuries of peace to Japan.
Katsushika Hokusai (1760 CE – 1849 CE): Japanese ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period, best known for the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, which includes The Great Wave off Kanagawa.
Perry Expedition (1853–1854 CE): US Commodore Matthew Perry's "black ships" forced Japan to open to foreign trade.
Sakoku (1639–1853 CE): Tokugawa policy that sharply restricted foreign contact and trade.
The Great Wave off Kanagawa (c. 1831 CE): Hokusai's woodblock print of a towering wave, one of the most recognisable works of Japanese art.
Stations of the Tokaido (1833 CE): Utagawa Hiroshige’s woodblock prints follow the highway from Edo to Kyoto through rain, snow and evening light, stop by stop. They made him famous and later inspired Van Gogh and Monet.