1) Capital in Asia 
== History == As part of the Taika Reform (645) which aimed at a centralization of the administration following the Chinese model (ritsuryō), the kokufu and with it the office of the kokushi, replacing the older Kuni no miyatsuko, developed in the 660s. The Wamyō Ruijushō (Collection of Japanese Names) from 935 contains the earliest listing of ...