Suginami, Tokyo
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Suginami (杉並区; -ku) is a special ward located in Tokyo, Japan.
As of 2003, the ward has an estimated population of 530,307 and a density of 15,588.10 persons per km². The total area is 34.02 km².
The ward was founded on March 15, 1947.
Anti Revisionism
Suginami became part of Japan's fight against nationalist text book revisionism when, in 2005, residents petitioned Tokyo's courts to prevent the adoption of a controversial textbook published by Fusosha Publishing Inc which is claimed attempts to justify Japanese actions during WWII.
External links
- Suginami official website (in Japanese)
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| Adachi | Arakawa | Bunkyō | Chiyoda | Chūō | Edogawa | Itabashi | Katsushika | Kita | Kōtō | Meguro | Minato | Nakano | Nerima | Ōta | Setagaya | Shibuya | Shinagawa | Shinjuku (capital) | Suginami | Sumida | Toshima | Taitō | |||
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| Akiruno | Akishima | Chōfu | Fuchū | Fussa | Hachiōji | Hamura | Higashikurume | Higashimurayama | Higashiyamato | Hino | Inagi | Kiyose | Kodaira | Koganei | Kokubunji | Komae | Kunitachi | Machida | Mitaka | Musashimurayama | Musashino | Nishi-Tōkyō | Ōme | Tachikawa | Tama | |||
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| Nishitama District | Hachijō Subprefecture | Miyake Subprefecture | Ogasawara Subprefecture | Ōshima Subprefecture | |||
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