Possible Clues:

• To one's knowledge, leaders take half of your capital in chain of islands in Asia
• Edo's modern name
• Capital king invested in play — 26 to begin with
• Home of Japan's Imperial Palace
• Target city for Godzilla
• Capital excessively used to tour the Bluegrass state
• ___ Bay, site of a historic Admiral Perry visit of 1853
• City terrorized by Godzilla
• 'Godzilla' locale
• Home of the Imperial Palace