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New Tokyo (5)

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I believe the answer is:

kyoto

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'new tokyo' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'new tokyo' is the wordplay.
'new' indicates anagramming the letters.
'tokyo' anagrammed gives 'KYOTO'.

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(Other definitions for kyoto that I've seen before include "Japanese city of treaty on climate change" , "Old Japanese capital" , "Japanese capital before 1868" , "City of agreement on global warming" , "Japan's old capital" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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