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The National Capital Region (首都圏, Shutoken) of Japan refers to the Greater Tokyo Area as defined by the Metropolitan Area Readjustment Act (首都圏整備法, Shutoken-seibi-hō) of 1956, which defines it as "Tokyo and its surrounding area declared by government ordinance." The government ordinance defined it as Tokyo and all six ...
Population density (people per km 2) by country This is a list of countries and dependencies ranked by population density , sorted by inhabitants per square kilometre or square mile . The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories based upon the ISO standard ISO 3166-1 .
Tokyo is an international hub of research and development and an academic center, with several major universities, including the University of Tokyo, the top-ranking university in Japan. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Tokyo Station is the central hub for the Shinkansen , the country's high-speed railway network; and the city's Shinjuku Station is the world's ...
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's population declined in all of its 47 prefectures for the first time in a record drop, while its number of foreign residents hit a new high, reaching almost 3 million people ...
Japan’s population crisis is accelerating, with the number of nationals falling by more than 800,000 in the past year – echoing similar trends seen in other East Asian countries.
This is a list of cities worldwide by population density. The population, population density and land area for the cities listed are based on the entire city proper, the defined boundary or border of a city or the city limits of the city. The population density of the cities listed is based on the average number of people living per square ...
Japan is facing a population crisis—so Tokyo, its largest city, will try to solve the problem with something new: a four-day workweek. Starting in April, the Tokyo Metropolitan government, one ...
Japan's population density was 336 people per square kilometer as of 2014 (874 people per square mile) according to World Development Indicators. It ranks 44th in a list of countries by population density. Between 1955 and 1989, land prices in the six largest cities increased by 15,000% (+12% per year compound).