〜をはじめ means "starting with" or "including" — X is a representative example, and there are others.
Representative example - X and others like it
Listing - Including X, Y, Z...
Starting with Tokyo, it will also be held in Osaka and Nagoya.
X is usually the most prominent or important example.
Noun + をはじめ(として)
Variants:
- をはじめ
- をはじめとして
- をはじめとする + Noun
Starting with the president, all employees participated.
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