record_label declare independence
Honshu had a population of 103 million , mostly concentrated in the coastal lowlands , notably in the Kant plain where 25 % of the total population resides in the Greater Tokyo Area . As the historical center of Japanese culture and political power , the ___MASK47___ includes several past Japanese capitals , including Kyoto , Nara , and Kamakura . Much of the ___MASK47___ ' s southern shore forms part of the Taiheiy Belt , a megalopolis that spans several of the Japanese islands . Tokyo , officially Tokyo ___MASK68___ , is the capital of Japan and one of its 47 prefectures . The Greater Tokyo Area is the most populous metropolitan area in the world . It is the seat of the Emperor of Japan and the Japanese government . Tokyo is in the Kant region on the southeastern side of the main island Honshu and includes the Izu Islands and Ogasawara Islands . Formerly known as Edo , it has been the de facto seat of government since 1603 when Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu made the city his headquarters . It officially became the capital after Emperor Meiji moved his seat to the city from the old capital of Kyoto in 1868 ; at that time Edo was renamed Tokyo . Tokyo ___MASK68___ was formed in 1943 from the merger of the former and the . A was the military dictator of ___MASK82___ during the period from 1185 to 1868 ( with exceptions ). In most of this period , the shoguns were the " de facto " rulers of the country ; although nominally they were appointed by the Emperor as a ceremonial formality . The Shogun held almost absolute power over territories through military means . Nevertheless , an unusual situation occurred in the Kamakura period ( 1199  1333 ) upon the death of the first shogun , whereby the Hj clan ' s hereditary titles of " shikken " ( 1199 - 1256 ) and " tokus " ( 1256  1333 ) monopolized the shogunate as dictatorial positions , collectively known as the . The shogun during this 134 - year period met the same fate as the Emperor and was reduced to a figurehead until a coup in 1333 , when the Shogun was restored to power in the name of the Emperor . , commonly known as Tokyo Metro , is a rapid transit system in Tokyo , ___MASK82___ . While it is not the only rapid transit system operating in Tokyo , it has the higher ridership among the two operators : in 2014 , the Tokyo Metro had an average daily ridership of 6 . 84 million passengers , while the other system , the Toei Subway , had 2 . 85 million average daily rides . , formerly romanized as Chekiang , is an eastern coastal province of China . Zhejiang is bordered by Jiangsu province and Shanghai municipality to the north , Anhui province to the northwest , Jiangxi province to the west , and Fujian province to the south ; to the east is the East China Sea , beyond which lie the Ryukyu Islands of ___MASK82___ . `` Declare Independence '' is a song written and recorded by Icelandic singer Björk . The track was released as the third single from her seventh full - length studio ___MASK70___ , Volta . The single was released on January 1 , 2008 . Björk ' s dedication of the song to various independence causes at live performances of the song in Shanghai and Tokyo have caused controversy . The Republic of Iceland , " Lýðveldið Ísland " in Icelandic , is a Nordic ___MASK47___ country in the North Atlantic Ocean . It has a population of and an area of , making it the most sparsely populated country in ___MASK7___ . The capital and largest city is Reykjavík . Reykjavík and the surrounding areas in the southwest of the country are home to over two - thirds of the population . Iceland is volcanically and geologically active . The interior consists of a plateau characterised by sand and lava fields , mountains and glaciers , while many glacial rivers flow to the sea through the lowlands . Iceland is warmed by the Gulf Stream and has a temperate climate , despite a high latitude just outside the Arctic Circle . Its high latitude and marine influence still keeps summers chilly , with most of the archipelago having a tundra climate . The are a group of volcanic islands stretching south and east from the Izu Peninsula of Honsh , ___MASK82___ . Administratively , they form two towns and six villages ; all part of Tokyo Prefecture . The largest is Izu shima , usually called simply shima . , also romanized as Jedo , Yedo or Yeddo , is the former name of Tokyo . It was the seat of power for the Tokugawa shogunate , which ruled ___MASK82___ from 1603 to 1868 . During this period , it grew to become one of the largest cities in the world and home to an urban culture centered on the notion of a " floating world ". The Emperor of ___MASK82___ is the head of the Imperial Family and is the ceremonial head of state of ___MASK82___ ' s system of constitutional monarchy . According to the 1947 constitution , he is " the symbol of the State and of the unity of the people ." Historically , he is also the highest authority of the Shinto religion as he and his family are said to be the direct descendants of the sun - goddess Amaterasu , and his importance also lies in dealing with heavenly affairs , including Shinto ritual and rites throughout the nation . Trip hop is a subgenre of electronic music that originated in the early 1990s in the ___MASK49___ , especially Bristol . Deriving from later idioms of acid house , the term was first used by the British music media and press as a way to describe the more experimental variant of breakbeat emerging from the Bristol Sound scene , which contained influences of soul , funk and jazz . It has been described as " ___MASK7___ ' s alternative choice in the second half of the ' 90s ", and " a fusion of hip hop and electronica until neither genre is recognisable ". Trip hop music fuses several styles and has much in common with other genres ; it has several qualities similar to ambient music , and its drum - based breakdowns share characteristics with hip hop . It also contains elements of R & B , dub and house , as well as other electronic music . Trip hop can be highly experimental . Björk Guðmundsdóttir ( born 21 November 1965 ), known as Björk , is an Icelandic singer , songwriter , producer , DJ , and actress . Over her four - decade career , she has developed an eclectic musical style that draws on a wide range of influences and genres spanning electronic , ___MASK63___ , experimental , classical , trip hop , IDM , and avant - garde styles . She initially became known as the lead singer of the alternative rock band The Sugarcubes , whose 1987 single " Birthday " was a hit on US and UK indie stations and a favorite among music critics . Björk embarked on a solo career in 1993 , coming to prominence as a solo artist with albums such as " Debut " ( 1993 ), " Post " ( 1995 ), and " Homogenic " ( 1997 ), while collaborating with a range of artists and exploring a variety of multimedia projects . Alternative rock ( also called alternative music , alt - rock or simply alternative ) is a genre of ___MASK46___ that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s and 2000s . In this instance , the word " alternative " refers to the genre ' s distinction from mainstream ___MASK46___ . The term ' s original meaning was broader , referring to a generation of musicians unified by their collective debt to either the musical style or simply the independent , D . I . Y . ethos of punk rock , which in the late 1970s laid the groundwork for alternative music . At times , " alternative " has been used as a catch - all description for music from underground rock artists that receives mainstream recognition , or for any music , whether rock or not , that is seen to be descended from punk rock ( including some examples of punk itself , as well as new wave , and post - punk ). The Greater Tokyo Area is the most populous metropolitan area in the world , consisting of the Kant region of ___MASK82___ , including the Tokyo ___MASK68___ , as well as the prefecture of Yamanashi . In Japanese , it is referred to by various terms , the most common of which being . The current capital of ___MASK82___ is Tokyo . In the course of history , the national capital has been in many locations other than Tokyo . Shanghai (": Zånhae " ), often abbreviated as Hu or Shen , is one of the four direct - controlled municipalities of the People ' s Republic of China . It is the most populous city proper in the world , with a population of more than 24 million . It is a global financial centre and transport hub , with the world ' s busiest container port . Located in the Yangtze River Delta in East China , Shanghai sits on the south edge of the mouth of the Yangtze in the middle portion of the Chinese coast . The municipality borders the provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the north , south and west , and is bounded to the east by the East China Sea . , or , was the 122nd Emperor of ___MASK82___ according to the traditional order of succession , reigning from February 3 , 1867 until his death on July 30 , 1912 . He presided over a time of rapid change in the Empire of ___MASK82___ , as the nation quickly changed from a feudal state to a capitalist and imperial world power , characterized by the Japanese industrial revolution . Homogenic is the third international solo ___MASK70___ by Icelandic musician Björk , released in September 1997 . Produced by Björk , Mark Bell , Guy Sigsworth , Howie B and Markus Dravs , it was released on ___MASK84___ . The music of " Homogenic " was a new style for Björk , focusing on similar - sounding music combining electronic beats and string instruments with songs in tribute to her native country Iceland . " Homogenic " was originally to be produced in her home in London , but was later recorded in Spain . " Homogenic " marked the first of several production collaborations between Björk and Mark Bell , whom Björk would cite as a major influence on her musical career . The ___MASK70___ peaked at number twenty - eight on the " Billboard " 200 , and at number four on the UK Albums Chart . The is a geographical area of Honshu , the largest ___MASK47___ of ___MASK82___ . The region includes the Greater Tokyo Area and encompasses seven prefectures : Gunma , Tochigi , Ibaraki , Saitama , Tokyo , Chiba , and Kanagawa . Within its boundaries , slightly more than 45 percent of the land area is the Kant Plain . The rest consists of the hills and mountains that form the land borders . In official census count on October 1 , 2010 by the ___MASK82___ Statistics Bureau , the population was 42 , 607 , 376 amounting to approximately one third of the total population of ___MASK82___ . The East China Sea is a marginal sea east of China . The East China Sea is a part of the Pacific Ocean and covers an area of roughly . To the east lies the Japanese islands of Kyushu and the Ryukyu Islands , to the south lies the South China Sea , and to the west by the Asian continent . The sea connects with the Sea of ___MASK82___ through the Korea Strait and opens to the north into the Yellow Sea . The sovereign states which border the sea include South Korea , ___MASK82___ , the Republic of China ( Taiwan ) and the People ' s Republic of China .