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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Foreign residents now account for about 2.4% of Japan’s population, the ministry said. After peaking in 2008, Japan’s population has since shrunk steadily due to a declining birthrate.
High population density; 329.5 people per square kilometer for total area; 1,523 persons per square kilometer for habitable land. More than 50% of the population lives on 2% of the land. (July 1993). [10] According to research in 2009, the population to land density ratio has gradually increased, now at 127 million per 337 km2.
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 ...
The table also gives an overview of the evolution of the population since the 1995 census. [1] Officially, there has been no single Tokyo municipality since 1943. The listing for Tokyo in the table below is the combined population of the 26 special wards, which together form the former boundaries of Tokyo City before its merger with Tokyo ...
The list is also sortable by population, area, density and foundation date. Most large cities in Japan are cities designated by government ordinance. Some regionally important cities are designated as core cities. Tokyo is not included on this list, as the City of Tokyo ceased to exist on July 1, 1943.