Tama, Tokyo

Tama is located in the foothills of the Okutama Mountains of southwestern Tokyo, known as Tama Hills, which spans Tokyo and Kanagawa Prefecture. The entire region is historically referred to as Tama; therefore there are many place names scattered throughout the area with references to the name "Tama" which are not within the city limits. The Tama River marks the city's northern boundary, and Kanagawa Prefecture is to the south. Its southern half forms part of the Tama New Town project, Japan's largest residential development, constructed in the 1970s.

Kanagawa Prefecture

• Kawasaki

Tokyo Metropolis

• Fuchū
• Hachiōji
• Hino
• Inagi
• Machida

Tama has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Tama is 14.0 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1647 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.3 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.8 °C.[https://en.climate-data.org/asia/japan/tokyo/tama-5024/ Tama climate data]

Per Japanese census data,[https://www.citypopulation.de/php/japan-tokyo.php Musashino population statistics] the population of Tama increased very rapidly in the late 20th century but has plateaued in the early 21st.

{{Historical populations

| 1920 | 4,111

| 1930 | 4,497

| 1940 | 5,158

| 1950 | 7,394

| 1960 | 9,746

| 1970 | 30,672

| 1980 | 95,248

| 1990 | 144,489

| 2000 | 145,862

| 2010 | 147,648

| 2020 | 146,951

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• The area of present-day Tama was part of ancient Musashi Province. In the post-Meiji Restoration cadastral reform of July 22, 1878, the area became part of Minamitama District in Kanagawa Prefecture.
• Tama Village was founded on April 1, 1889 from the merger of 11 pre-Meiji period hamlets with the establishment of the modern municipalities system.
• Minamitama District was transferred to the administrative control of Tokyo Metropolis on April 1, 1893.
• Tama was elevated to town status on April 1, 1964. Construction of Tama New Town began in 1966, and the first occupants started moving in 1971.
• On November 1, 1971, Tama Town was reclassified as Tama City, dissolving Minamitama District. Tama was the last town in the former Minamitama District.

Tama has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 26 members. Tama, together with the city of Inagi, contributes two members to the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is divided between Tokyo 21st district and Tokyo 23rd district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

In 2018, an activist named Michihito Matsuda ran for mayor in the Tama city area of Tokyo as a human proxy for an artificial intelligence program.{{cite web |title=POLITICS 2028: WHY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WILL REPLACE POLITICIANS b… |url=https://www.slideshare.net/MichihitoMatsuda/politics-2028-why-artificial-intelligence-will-replace-politicians-by-michihito-matsuda |website=SlideShare |access-date=22 September 2019 |date=14 July 2018}} While election posters and campaign material used the term robot, and displayed stock images of a feminine android, the "AI mayor" was in fact a machine learning algorithm trained using Tama city datasets.{{cite web |last1=Johnston |first1=Lachlan |title=There's an AI Running for the Mayoral Role of Tama City, Tokyo |url=https://www.otaquest.com/tama-city-ai-mayor/ |website=OTAQUEST |access-date=22 September 2019 |date=12 April 2018}} The project was backed by high-profile executives Tetsuzo Matsumoto of Softbank and Norio Murakami of Google.{{cite web|url=https://www.ai-mayor.com/|title=AI党 | 多摩市議会議員選挙2019|website=AI党 | 多摩市議会議員選挙2019}} Michihito Matsuda came third in the election, being defeated by Hiroyuki Abe.{{cite news |title=Werden Bots die besseren Politiker? |url=https://www.politik-kommunikation.de/ressorts/artikel/werden-bots-die-besseren-politiker-73781989 |access-date=31 October 2020 |work=Politik & Kommunikation |language=de}} Organisers claimed that the 'AI mayor' was programmed to analyze citizen petitions put forward to the city council in a more 'fair and balanced' way than human politicians.{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/robot-run-mayor-japan-world-12377782|title=Robot to run for mayor in Japan promising 'fairness and balance' for all|first1=Abigail|last1=O'Leary|first2=Anna|last2=Verdon|date=April 17, 2018|website=mirror}}

In 2022, Michihito Matsuda made the campaign pledge to install THXU token into Tama city's further development as one of Government by algorithm.{{cite news |title=Michihito Matsuda to run to the mayoral election in Tama city, Tokyo |url=https://mainichi.jp/articles/20220122/ddl/k13/010/008000c |website=THE MAINICHI NEWSPAPERS |language=ja|access-date=27 March 2022}}

Several companies have their headquarters in the city:

• Keio Corporation
• Mitsumi Electric"[http://www.mitsumi.co.jp/profile/gaiyou_detaile_e.html Company Information]." Mitsumi Electric Retrieved on June 16, 2015.
• JUKI"[http://www.juki.co.jp/company_e/kaisya.html Corporate Outline]." JUKI Retrieved on August 4, 2015.

• Keisen University Tama Campus
• Kokushikan University Tama Campus
• Otsuma Women's University Tama Campus
• Tama University Tama Campus
• Teikyo University Hachioji Campus
• University of Tokyo Health Sciences
• National Farmer's Academy

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education operates {{ill|Nagayama High School|ja|東京都立永山高等学校}},{{cite web |url=http://www.nagayama-h.metro.tokyo.jp/ |title=Home |website=nagayama-h.metro.tokyo.jp}} the one public high school.

The Tama city government operates 17 public elementary and nine public junior high schools.

Municipal junior high schools:{{cite web|url=https://www.city.tama.lg.jp/0000001558.html|title=市立中学校一覧|publisher=Tama City|accessdate=2022-12-04}}

• Higashi Atago (東愛宕中学校)
• Hijirigaoka (聖ヶ丘中学校)
• Ochiai (落合中学校)
• Seiryo (青陵中学校)
• Suwa (諏訪中学校)
• Tama (多摩中学校)
• Tama Nagayama (多摩永山中学校)
• Tsurumaki (鶴牧中学校)
• Wada (和田中学校)

Municipal elementary schools:{{cite web|url=https://www.city.tama.lg.jp/0000001715.html|title=市立小学校一覧|publisher=Tama City|accessdate=2022-12-04}}

• Aiwa (愛和小学校)
• Higashi Ochiai (東落合小学校)
• Higashiteragata (東寺方小学校)
• Hijirigaoka (聖ヶ丘小学校)
• Kaidori (貝取小学校)
• Kitasuwa (北諏訪小学校)
• Minami Tsurumaki (南鶴牧小学校)
• Nagayama (永山小学校)
• Nishiochiai (西落合小学校)
• Omatsudai (大松台小学校)
• Renkoji (連光寺小学校)
• Suwa (諏訪小学校)
• Tama No. 1 (多摩第一小学校)
• Tama No. 2 (多摩第二小学校)
• Tama No. 3 (多摩第三小学校)
• Toyogaoka (豊ヶ丘小学校)
• Uryu (瓜生小学校)

There is also one private elementary school and one private junior high school, and two private combined junior/senior high schools.

• {{ill|Otsuma Tama Junior and Senior High School|ja|大妻多摩中学校・高等学校}} - Girls' school
• {{ill|Tama University Hijirigaoka Junior & Senior High School|ja|多摩大学附属聖ヶ丘中学校・高等学校}}

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Tama is not served by any national expressways or national highways

• Tama Hills, a recreational facility of the U.S. Air Force, intended for use by United States service members and their families, as well as Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force service members and their families.

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• Sanrio Puroland Amusement Park
• Thirteen Buddhas of Tama

• {{Flagicon|Japan}} Fujimi, Nagano, Japan{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}

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