Tokyo City

City · 1889–1943 CE · in Central Asia

Capital of Empire of Japan (1889–1943).

Bangui (1889 CE): Capital of Central African Republic (1961–today).
Djibouti (1888 CE): Capital of Republic of Djibouti (1979–today).
Yaoundé (1888 CE): Capital of Republic of Cameroon (1960–today).
Omdurman (c. 1890 CE): Capital of Mahdist State (1890–1899).
Harare (1890 CE): Capital of Rhodesia (1967–1978), Zimbabwe Rhodesia (1979–1979), Republic of Zimbabwe (1983–today).
Addis Ababa (1886 CE): Capital of Ethiopia founded in 1886 by Menelik II and Empress Taytu; seat of the African Union.
Vryheid (1884 CE): Capital of Nieuwe Republiek (1885–1888).
Ashgabat (1881 CE): Capital of Turkmenistan (1992–today).
Kinshasa (1881 CE): Founded as Léopoldville by Henry Morton Stanley in 1881, it is the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and one of Africa's largest cities.
Asmara (1897 CE): Capital of State of Eritrea (1993–today).

Around the same time and place

Meiji Restoration (1868 CE): Imperial rule was restored under Emperor Meiji, launching Japan's rapid modernisation.
Atomic bombing of Hiroshima (1945 CE): On 6 August 1945 the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the first use of a nuclear weapon in war.
Korean War (1950–1953 CE): War between North Korea, backed by China and the Soviet Union, and South Korea, backed by UN forces led by the United States.
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.
Atomic bombing of Nagasaki (1945 CE): On 9 August 1945 the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki.