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Tokyo, [a] officially the Tokyo Metropolis, [b] is the capital of Japan. With a population of over 14 million residents within the city proper as of 2023, it is one of the most populous urban areas in the world.
The list includes Issei (一世, "first generation") Japanese-born immigrants from Japan, and those who are multigenerational Japanese Americans.Cities considered to have significant Japanese American populations are large U.S. cities or municipalities with a critical mass of at least 1.0% of the total urban population; medium-sized cities with a critical mass of at least 2.0% of the total ...
This increase has happened as the world's population moves towards the high (75–85%) urbanization levels of North America and Western Europe. Since the 2000s, the largest megacity has been the Greater Tokyo Area. The population of this urban agglomeration includes areas such as Yokohama and Kawasaki, and is estimated to be between 37 and 38 ...
A recent US Census Bureau report projects the American population to reach a high of nearly 370 million in 2080 before beginning its historic downward turn which could spell a serious economic ...
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 ...
Tighter definitions for Greater Tokyo do not include adjacent metropolitan areas of Numazu-Mishima (approx. 450,000) to the southwest, Maebashi-Takasaki-Ōta-Ashikaga (approx. 1,500,000 people) on the northwest, and Greater Utsunomiya (approx. 1,000,000) to the north. If they are included, Greater Tokyo's population would be around 39 million.
Despite nearly 70% of Japan being covered by forests, [24] parks in many major cities—especially Tokyo and Osaka—are smaller and scarcer than in major West European or North American cities. As of 2014, parkland per inhabitant in Tokyo is 5.78 square meters, [25] which is roughly half of the 11.5 square meters of Madrid. [26]