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region">Kantō region</a> of <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a> (including <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo Metropolis</a> and the prefectures of <a href="/wiki/Chiba_Prefecture" title="Chiba Prefecture">Chiba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gunma_Prefecture" title="Gunma Prefecture">Gunma</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ibaraki_Prefecture" title="Ibaraki Prefecture">Ibaraki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kanagawa_Prefecture" title="Kanagawa Prefecture">Kanagawa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saitama_Prefecture" title="Saitama Prefecture">Saitama</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tochigi_Prefecture" title="Tochigi Prefecture">Tochigi</a>) as well as the prefecture of <a href="/wiki/Yamanashi_Prefecture" title="Yamanashi Prefecture">Yamanashi</a> of the neighboring <a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%ABbu_region" title="Chūbu region">Chūbu region</a>. In <a href="/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language">Japanese</a>, it is referred to by various terms, one of the most common being <b>Capital Region</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">首都圏</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Shuto-ken</i></span>)</span>. </p><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Greater Tokyo Area</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ISS064-E-37584_-_View_of_Earth.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Greater Tokyo area around Tokyo Bay at night (2021)"><img alt="Greater Tokyo area around Tokyo Bay at night (2021)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/ISS064-E-37584_-_View_of_Earth.jpg/250px-ISS064-E-37584_-_View_of_Earth.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/ISS064-E-37584_-_View_of_Earth.jpg/375px-ISS064-E-37584_-_View_of_Earth.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/ISS064-E-37584_-_View_of_Earth.jpg/500px-ISS064-E-37584_-_View_of_Earth.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5568" data-file-height="3712"></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Greater Tokyo area around <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Bay" title="Tokyo Bay">Tokyo Bay</a> at night (2021)</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tokyo-Kanto_definitions,_National_Capital_Region.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of Greater Tokyo Area"><img alt="Location of Greater Tokyo Area" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_National_Capital_Region.png/250px-Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_National_Capital_Region.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="258" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_National_Capital_Region.png/375px-Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_National_Capital_Region.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_National_Capital_Region.png/500px-Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_National_Capital_Region.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="619"></a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Greater_Tokyo_Area&params=35_41_23_N_139_41_30_E_region:JP_type:city"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">35°41′23″N</span> <span class="longitude">139°41′30″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">35.68972°N 139.69167°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">35.68972; 139.69167</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Major Cities</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo Metropolis</a> (includes <a href="/wiki/Special_wards_of_Tokyo" title="Special wards of Tokyo">23 special wards</a>)<br><a href="/wiki/Yokohama" title="Yokohama">Yokohama</a><br><a href="/wiki/Kawasaki,_Kanagawa" title="Kawasaki, Kanagawa">Kawasaki</a><br><a href="/wiki/Saitama,_Saitama" class="mw-redirect" title="Saitama, Saitama">Saitama</a><br> <a href="/wiki/Kawaguchi,_Saitama" title="Kawaguchi, Saitama">Kawaguchi</a><br><a href="/wiki/Chiba,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Chiba, Chiba">Chiba</a><br><a href="/wiki/Sagamihara,_Kanagawa" class="mw-redirect" title="Sagamihara, Kanagawa">Sagamihara</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Urban<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">8,547 km<sup>2</sup> (3,300 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Metro<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">13,452 km<sup>2</sup> (5,194 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">GDP<sup id="cite_ref-esri.cao.go.jp_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-esri.cao.go.jp-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-exchangerates.org.uk_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-exchangerates.org.uk-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • National Capital Region</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_yen" title="Japanese yen">JP¥</a>230,077 billion (2021)<br><a href="/wiki/US%24" class="mw-redirect" title="US$">US$</a>2.094 trillion (2021)<br> (40% of Japan's GDP)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>As of 2016, the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> estimates the total population at 38,140,000.<sup id="cite_ref-UN-World-Cities-2016_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UN-World-Cities-2016-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The date of the event predicted near this tag has passed. (June 2024)">needs update</span></a></i>]</sup> It covers an area of approximately 13,500 <a href="/wiki/Square_kilometre" title="Square kilometre">km<sup>2</sup></a> (5,200 mi<sup>2</sup>),<sup id="cite_ref-MMA_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MMA-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> giving it a <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a> of 2,642 people/km<sup>2</sup>. It is the second-largest single metropolitan area in the world in terms of built-up or urban function landmass at 8,547 km<sup>2</sup> (3,300 mi<sup>2</sup>), behind only the <a href="/wiki/New_York_metropolitan_area" title="New York metropolitan area">New York City metropolitan area</a> at 11,642 km<sup>2</sup> (4,495 mi<sup>2</sup>).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With over US$2 trillion GDP Tokyo remains the second wealthiest metropolitan area in the world also behind New York. </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Definition"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Definition</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="#Various_definitions_of_Tokyo,_Greater_Tokyo,_and_Kant%C5%8D"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Various definitions of Tokyo, Greater Tokyo, and Kantō</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#National_Capital_Region"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">National Capital Region</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#International_comparison"><span class="tocnumber">1.3</span> <span class="toctext">International comparison</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Metropolitan_Area_definition_ambiguities_and_issues"><span class="tocnumber">1.4</span> <span class="toctext">Metropolitan Area definition ambiguities and issues</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#Cities"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Cities</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#Cities_within_Tokyo"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Cities within Tokyo</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-8"><a href="#Eastern_Tokyo_Metropolis"><span class="tocnumber">2.1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Eastern Tokyo Metropolis</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-9"><a href="#Western_Tokyo_Metropolis"><span class="tocnumber">2.1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Western Tokyo Metropolis</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10"><a href="#Cities_outside_Tokyo"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Cities outside Tokyo</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="#Additional_cities"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">Additional cities</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-12"><a href="#Gunma_Prefecture"><span class="tocnumber">2.3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Gunma Prefecture</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-13"><a href="#Ibaraki_Prefecture"><span class="tocnumber">2.3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Ibaraki Prefecture</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-14"><a href="#Shizuoka_Prefecture"><span class="tocnumber">2.3.3</span> <span class="toctext">Shizuoka Prefecture</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-15"><a href="#Tochigi_Prefecture"><span class="tocnumber">2.3.4</span> <span class="toctext">Tochigi Prefecture</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-16"><a href="#Yamanashi_Prefecture"><span class="tocnumber">2.3.5</span> <span class="toctext">Yamanashi Prefecture</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-17"><a href="#Border_areas"><span class="tocnumber">2.3.6</span> <span class="toctext">Border areas</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-18"><a href="#Geography"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Geography</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-19"><a href="#Demographics"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Demographics</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-20"><a href="#Economy"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Economy</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-21"><a href="#Metropolitan_Employment_Area"><span class="tocnumber">5.1</span> <span class="toctext">Metropolitan Employment Area</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-22"><a href="#Transportation"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Transportation</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-23"><a href="#Air"><span class="tocnumber">6.1</span> <span class="toctext">Air</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-24"><a href="#Rail"><span class="tocnumber">6.2</span> <span class="toctext">Rail</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-25"><a href="#Others"><span class="tocnumber">6.3</span> <span class="toctext">Others</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-26"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-27"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-28"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Definition">Definition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Tokyo_Area&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Definition" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Densely_Inhabited_District_of_Saitama-shi_1960-.gif" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Densely_Inhabited_District_of_Saitama-shi_1960-.gif/300px-Densely_Inhabited_District_of_Saitama-shi_1960-.gif" decoding="async" width="300" height="329" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="401" data-file-height="440"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 300px;height: 329px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Densely_Inhabited_District_of_Saitama-shi_1960-.gif/300px-Densely_Inhabited_District_of_Saitama-shi_1960-.gif" data-width="300" data-height="329" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Densely_Inhabited_District_of_Saitama-shi_1960-.gif 1.5x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Growth of densely inhabited districts (<i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Densely_Inhabited_District&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Densely Inhabited District (page does not exist)">DIDs</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BA%BA%E5%8F%A3%E9%9B%86%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%B0%E5%8C%BA" class="extiw" title="ja:人口集中地区">ja</a>]</span>, defined as >4,000 people/km<sup>2</sup> or >10,355 people/mi<sup>2</sup></i>) of suburb <a href="/wiki/Saitama,_Saitama" class="mw-redirect" title="Saitama, Saitama">Saitama city</a> (outlined) of northern Greater Tokyo, 1960s to 2010. Notice how the densely populated zones grow along railway lines and stations, the purple circles and lines. Green southern border is Tokyo.</figcaption></figure> <p>There are various definitions of the Greater Tokyo Area, each of which tries to incorporate different aspects. Some definitions are clearly defined by law or government regulation, some are based coarsely on administrative areas, while others are for research purposes such as commuting patterns or distance from <a href="/wiki/Central_Tokyo" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Tokyo">Central Tokyo</a>. Each definition has a different population figure, granularity, methodology, and spatial association. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Various_definitions_of_Tokyo,_Greater_Tokyo,_and_Kantō"><span id="Various_definitions_of_Tokyo.2C_Greater_Tokyo.2C_and_Kant.C5.8D"></span>Various definitions of Tokyo, Greater Tokyo, and Kantō</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Tokyo_Area&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Various definitions of Tokyo, Greater Tokyo, and Kantō" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Inner Tokyo and Tokyo</th> <th>Details</th> <th>Population, thousands<br>(year)</th> <th>Area (km<sup>2</sup>)</th> <th>Population density (people/km<sup>2</sup>)</th> <th>Map </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>Area of former (dissolved) <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_City" title="Tokyo City">Tokyo City</a> limits</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Special_wards_of_Tokyo" title="Special wards of Tokyo">23 special wards</a>, does not correspond to any single authority</td> <td>8,841 (1970CF),<br>8,135 (2000CF),<br>8,490 (2005CF),<br>8,949 (2010CF),<br>9,256 (2015-12CR)</td> <td>621.9</td> <td>13,080 (2000)<br> 14,390 (2010)<br> 14,883 (2015–12)</td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tokyo-Kanto_definitions,_23_wards.png" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_23_wards.png/140px-Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_23_wards.png" decoding="async" width="140" height="144" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="619"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 140px;height: 144px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_23_wards.png/140px-Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_23_wards.png" data-width="140" data-height="144" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_23_wards.png/210px-Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_23_wards.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_23_wards.png/280px-Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_23_wards.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo Metropolis</a></b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Prefectures_of_Japan" title="Prefectures of Japan">Prefectural-level</a> jurisdiction (Tokyo-to), figures excluding the <a href="/wiki/Izu_Islands" title="Izu Islands">Izu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bonin_Islands" title="Bonin Islands">Ogasawara</a> islands</td> <td>12,038 (2000CF),<br>12,541 (2005CF),<br>13,129 (2010CF),<br>13,479 (2015-12CR)</td> <td>1808</td> <td>6,658(2000)<br>6,936 (2005)<br>7,216.5 (2010)<br>7,455 (2015–12)</td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tokyo-Kanto_definitions,_Tokyo_Metropolis.png" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_Tokyo_Metropolis.png/140px-Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_Tokyo_Metropolis.png" decoding="async" width="140" height="144" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="619"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 140px;height: 144px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_Tokyo_Metropolis.png/140px-Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_Tokyo_Metropolis.png" data-width="140" data-height="144" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_Tokyo_Metropolis.png/210px-Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_Tokyo_Metropolis.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_Tokyo_Metropolis.png/280px-Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_Tokyo_Metropolis.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Metropolitan area</th> <th>Details</th> <th>Population, thousands<br>(year)</th> <th>Area (km<sup>2</sup>)</th> <th>Population density (people/km<sup>2</sup>)</th> <th>Map </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>Tokyo <a href="/wiki/Urban_Employment_Area" title="Urban Employment Area">Metropolitan Employment Area</a><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">東京大都市雇用圏</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Tōkyō Dai-toshi Koyō-ken</i></span>)</span></b></td> <td>All municipalities that have at least 10% of their population commuting to the 23 special wards. Figures for this definition are complex to update without a major re-study.</td> <td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>27,106 (1980)</li> <li>29,958 (1990)</li> <li>31,730 (2000)</li> <li>34,834 (2010)</li> <li>35,304 (2015)</li></ul> </div><sup id="cite_ref-UEA_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UEA-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>9,036.67 (1998)</li> <li>10,403.76 (2010)</li></ul> </div><sup id="cite_ref-UEA_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UEA-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>3,348.2 (2010)</td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tokyo-Kanto_definitions,_Tokyo_MEA_2015.png" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_Tokyo_MEA_2015.png/140px-Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_Tokyo_MEA_2015.png" decoding="async" width="140" height="144" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="619"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 140px;height: 144px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_Tokyo_MEA_2015.png/140px-Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_Tokyo_MEA_2015.png" data-width="140" data-height="144" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_Tokyo_MEA_2015.png/210px-Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_Tokyo_MEA_2015.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_Tokyo_MEA_2015.png/280px-Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_Tokyo_MEA_2015.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>One Metropolis, Three Prefectures<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">一都三県</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Itto Sanken</i></span>)</span></b></td> <td>Coarse administrative definition that contains Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, and Chiba prefectures. Misses many of the more-distant suburbs that lie outside the prefectural borders, especially in Ibaraki and Gunma. Incorporates sparsely settled rural districts like <a href="/wiki/Nishitama_District,_Tokyo" title="Nishitama District, Tokyo">Nishitama</a>.</td> <td>33,534 (2000CF),<br>35,623 (2010CF),<br>36,092 (2015-12CR)</td> <td>13,555.65</td> <td>2,627.9 (2010), 2,662 (2015–12)</td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tokyo-Kanto_definitions,_South_Kanto.png" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_South_Kanto.png/140px-Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_South_Kanto.png" decoding="async" width="140" height="144" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="619"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 140px;height: 144px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_South_Kanto.png/140px-Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_South_Kanto.png" data-width="140" data-height="144" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_South_Kanto.png/210px-Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_South_Kanto.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_South_Kanto.png/280px-Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_South_Kanto.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Kantō <a href="/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_in_Japan" title="List of metropolitan areas in Japan">Major Metropolitan Area</a><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">関東大都市圏</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Kantō Dai-toshi-ken</i></span>)</span></b></td> <td>One of the two definitions the <a href="/wiki/Japan_Statistics_Bureau" class="mw-redirect" title="Japan Statistics Bureau">Japan Statistics Bureau</a> uses. Consists of all municipalities that have at least 1.5% of their population aged 15 and above commuting to a <a href="/wiki/Cities_designated_by_government_ordinance_of_Japan" title="Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan">designated city</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chiba,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Chiba, Chiba">Chiba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kawasaki,_Kanagawa" title="Kawasaki, Kanagawa">Kawasaki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sagamihara,_Kanagawa" class="mw-redirect" title="Sagamihara, Kanagawa">Sagamihara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saitama,_Saitama" class="mw-redirect" title="Saitama, Saitama">Saitama</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Yokohama" title="Yokohama">Yokohama</a>) or the <a href="/wiki/Special_wards_of_Tokyo" title="Special wards of Tokyo">23 special wards</a>. Before Saitama became a designated city in 2001, the area was called <i>Keihin'yō Major Metropolitan Area<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">京浜葉大都市圏</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Keihin'yō Dai-toshi-ken</i></span>)</span></i>. Excludes adjacent metropolitan areas of Gunma, Ibaraki, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Utsunomiya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Greater Utsunomiya (page does not exist)">Utsunomiya</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%87%E9%83%BD%E5%AE%AE%E9%83%BD%E5%B8%82%E5%9C%8F" class="extiw" title="ja:宇都宮都市圏">ja</a>]</span> which are urbanized but have some small towns in between them and Tokyo. Most locally detailed definition, but hard to update without major re-study.</td> <td>36,923 (2010)<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tokyo-Kanto_definitions,_Kanto_MMA_2015.png" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_Kanto_MMA_2015.png/140px-Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_Kanto_MMA_2015.png" decoding="async" width="140" height="144" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="619"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 140px;height: 144px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_Kanto_MMA_2015.png/140px-Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_Kanto_MMA_2015.png" data-width="140" data-height="144" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_Kanto_MMA_2015.png/210px-Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_Kanto_MMA_2015.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_Kanto_MMA_2015.png/280px-Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_Kanto_MMA_2015.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Tokyo Major Metropolitan Area<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">東京大都市圏</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Tōkyō Dai-toshi-ken</i></span>)</span></b></td> <td>Set of municipalities that are completely or mostly within 50 and 70 kilometres of the <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Metropolitan_Government_Building" title="Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building">Tokyo Metropolitan Government Buildings</a> in <a href="/wiki/Shinjuku" title="Shinjuku">Shinjuku</a>. Suburbs tend to extend finger-like along major commuter train routes and density builds along express stops, not in a uniform fashion, and so this definition is of value.</td> <td>32,714 (<50 km, 2010),<br> 36,303 (<70 km, 2010)<sup id="cite_ref-stat.go.jp_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stat.go.jp-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tokyo-Kanto_definitions,_Tokyo_UEA.png" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_Tokyo_UEA.png/140px-Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_Tokyo_UEA.png" decoding="async" width="140" height="144" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="619"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 140px;height: 144px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_Tokyo_UEA.png/140px-Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_Tokyo_UEA.png" data-width="140" data-height="144" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_Tokyo_UEA.png/210px-Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_Tokyo_UEA.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_Tokyo_UEA.png/280px-Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_Tokyo_UEA.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Administrative area</th> <th>Details</th> <th>Population, thousands<br>(year)</th> <th>Area (km<sup>2</sup>)</th> <th>Population density (people/km<sup>2</sup>)</th> <th>Map </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kant%C5%8D_region" title="Kantō region">Kantō region</a></b></td> <td>Entire <a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_Japan" title="List of regions of Japan">national region</a>, includes many rural areas</td> <td>40,550 (2000CF)<br>42,607 (2010CF)<br>42,945 (2015-12CR)</td> <td>32,423.9</td> <td>1,314.1 (2010)</td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tokyo-Kanto_definitions,_Kanto_region.png" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_Kanto_region.png/140px-Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_Kanto_region.png" decoding="async" width="140" height="144" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="619"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 140px;height: 144px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_Kanto_region.png/140px-Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_Kanto_region.png" data-width="140" data-height="144" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_Kanto_region.png/210px-Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_Kanto_region.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_Kanto_region.png/280px-Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_Kanto_region.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>National Capital Region</b></td> <td>According to the National Capital Region Planning Act, very coarse administrative zone, essentially Kantō plus Yamanashi, includes large rural areas.</td> <td>41,438 (2000CF)<br>43,470 (2010CF)<br>43,785 (2015-12CR)</td> <td>36,889.28</td> <td>1,178.4 (2010)</td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tokyo-Kanto_definitions,_National_Capital_Region.png" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_National_Capital_Region.png/140px-Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_National_Capital_Region.png" decoding="async" width="140" height="144" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="619"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 140px;height: 144px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_National_Capital_Region.png/140px-Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_National_Capital_Region.png" data-width="140" data-height="144" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_National_Capital_Region.png/210px-Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_National_Capital_Region.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_National_Capital_Region.png/280px-Tokyo-Kanto_definitions%2C_National_Capital_Region.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><small>Notes and sources: All figures issued by Japan Statistics Bureau,<sup id="cite_ref-statb2_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-statb2-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-statb1_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-statb1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> except for Metro Employment Area, a study by <i>Center for Spatial Information Service</i>, the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Tokyo" title="University of Tokyo">University of Tokyo</a>. Abbreviations: CF for National Census Final Data (every 5 years by JSB), CR for Civil Registry (compiled by local governments, monthly as per legal requirement), CP for Census Preliminary.</small> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_Capital_Region">National Capital Region</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Tokyo_Area&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: National Capital Region" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>The <b>National Capital Region</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">首都圏</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Shutoken</i></span>)</span> of Japan refers to the Greater Tokyo Area as defined by the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Area_Readjustment_Act&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Metropolitan Area Readjustment Act (page does not exist)">Metropolitan Area Readjustment Act</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A6%96%E9%83%BD%E5%9C%8F%E6%95%B4%E5%82%99%E6%B3%95" class="extiw" title="ja:首都圏整備法">ja</a>]</span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">首都圏整備法</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Shutoken-seibi-hō</i></span>)</span> of 1956, which defines it as "Tokyo and its surrounding area declared by <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Metropolitan_Government" title="Tokyo Metropolitan Government">government</a> ordinance." The government ordinance defined it as Tokyo and all six prefectures in the Kantō region plus Yamanashi Prefecture.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While this includes all of Greater Tokyo, it also includes sparsely populated mountain areas as well as the far-flung <a href="/wiki/Bonin_Islands" title="Bonin Islands">Bonin Islands</a> which are administered under Tokyo. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="International_comparison">International comparison</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Tokyo_Area&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: International comparison" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>Using the "One Metropolis Three Prefectures" definition, Tokyo is 13,555.65 square kilometres (5,233.87 sq mi), a similar size to that of <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_County,_California" title="Los Angeles County, California">Los Angeles County</a>, and almost two-thirds smaller than the <a href="/wiki/Combined_statistical_area" title="Combined statistical area">combined statistical area</a> of <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, at 30,671 square kilometres (11,842 sq mi) and 21.9 million people.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Other metropolitan areas such as <a href="/wiki/Jakarta_metropolitan_area" title="Jakarta metropolitan area">Greater Jakarta</a> are considerably more compact as well as more densely populated than Greater Tokyo.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Metropolitan_Area_definition_ambiguities_and_issues">Metropolitan Area definition ambiguities and issues</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Tokyo_Area&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Metropolitan Area definition ambiguities and issues" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <ul><li>The South Kantō region<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">南関東</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Minami Kantō</i></span>)</span> is a potentially ambiguous term. Informally, it may mean the One Metropolis, Two Prefectures, or the area without Saitama Prefecture. Formally, it may mean the South Kantō Block, which is not the Greater Tokyo Area, but a <a href="/wiki/Proportional_representation" title="Proportional representation">proportional representation</a> block of the national election, comprising Kanagawa, Chiba, and Yamanashi Prefectures.</li> <li>In informal occasions, the term <a href="#National_Capital_Region">National Capital Region</a><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">首都圏</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Shuto-ken</i></span>)</span> often means Greater Tokyo Area. Officially, the term refers to a much larger area, namely the whole Kantō region and Yamanashi Prefecture.</li> <li>Tokyo as a metropolis includes some 394 km<span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:0.8em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">2</sup><br><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></sub></span></span> of islands (the <a href="/wiki/Izu_Islands" title="Izu Islands">Izu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bonin_Islands" title="Bonin Islands">Ogasawara</a> islands), as well as some mountainous areas to the far west (331 km<span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:0.8em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">2</sup><br><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></sub></span></span>), which are officially part of Greater Tokyo, but are wilderness or rustic areas.</li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Cities">Cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Tokyo_Area&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Cities" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <p>(populations listed for those over 300,000) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cities_within_Tokyo">Cities within Tokyo</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Tokyo_Area&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Cities within Tokyo" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>Tokyo is legally classified as a <i>to</i><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">都</span></span>)</span>, which translates as "metropolis", and is treated as one of the forty-seven <a href="/wiki/Prefectures_of_Japan" title="Prefectures of Japan">prefectures of Japan</a>. The metropolis is administered by the <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Metropolitan_Government" title="Tokyo Metropolitan Government">Tokyo Metropolitan Government</a> as a whole. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tokyo_Oka2.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Tokyo_Oka2.JPG/220px-Tokyo_Oka2.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 165px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Tokyo_Oka2.JPG/220px-Tokyo_Oka2.JPG" data-width="220" data-height="165" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Tokyo_Oka2.JPG/330px-Tokyo_Oka2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Tokyo_Oka2.JPG/440px-Tokyo_Oka2.JPG 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Special_wards_of_Tokyo" title="Special wards of Tokyo">Special wards of Tokyo</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tokyo_Shibuya_Scramble_Crossing_2018-10-09.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Tokyo_Shibuya_Scramble_Crossing_2018-10-09.jpg/220px-Tokyo_Shibuya_Scramble_Crossing_2018-10-09.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="5853" data-file-height="3902"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 147px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Tokyo_Shibuya_Scramble_Crossing_2018-10-09.jpg/220px-Tokyo_Shibuya_Scramble_Crossing_2018-10-09.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="147" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Tokyo_Shibuya_Scramble_Crossing_2018-10-09.jpg/330px-Tokyo_Shibuya_Scramble_Crossing_2018-10-09.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Tokyo_Shibuya_Scramble_Crossing_2018-10-09.jpg/440px-Tokyo_Shibuya_Scramble_Crossing_2018-10-09.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Shibuya" title="Shibuya">Shibuya</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Eastern_Tokyo_Metropolis">Eastern Tokyo Metropolis</h4><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Tokyo_Area&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Eastern Tokyo Metropolis" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>Central Tokyo, situated in the eastern portion of Tokyo Metropolis, was once incorporated as <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_City" title="Tokyo City">Tokyo City</a>, which was dismantled during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. Its subdivisions have been reclassified as <a href="/wiki/Special_wards_of_Tokyo" title="Special wards of Tokyo">special wards</a><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">特別区</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">tokubetsu-ku</i></span>)</span>. The twenty three special wards currently have the legal status of cities, with individual mayors and city councils, and they call themselves "cities" in English. However, when listing <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Japan" title="List of cities in Japan">Japan's largest cities</a>, Tokyo's twenty three wards are often counted as a single city. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Western_Tokyo_Metropolis">Western Tokyo Metropolis</h4><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Tokyo_Area&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Western Tokyo Metropolis" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hachioji_Station_South.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Hachioji_Station_South.jpg/220px-Hachioji_Station_South.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 165px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Hachioji_Station_South.jpg/220px-Hachioji_Station_South.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="165" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Hachioji_Station_South.jpg/330px-Hachioji_Station_South.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Hachioji_Station_South.jpg/440px-Hachioji_Station_South.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Hachi%C5%8Dji" title="Hachiōji">Hachiōji</a></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Western_Tokyo" title="Western Tokyo">Western Tokyo</a>, known as the Tama Area (<i>Tama-chiiki</i> 多摩地域) comprises a number of municipalities, including these suburban cities: </p> <table> <tbody><tr> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akiruno,_Tokyo" title="Akiruno, Tokyo">Akiruno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akishima,_Tokyo" title="Akishima, Tokyo">Akishima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%8Dfu" title="Chōfu">Chōfu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fuch%C5%AB,_Tokyo" title="Fuchū, Tokyo">Fuchū</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fussa,_Tokyo" title="Fussa, Tokyo">Fussa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hachi%C5%8Dji" title="Hachiōji">Hachiōji</a> (pop 540,000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamura,_Tokyo" title="Hamura, Tokyo">Hamura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Higashikurume,_Tokyo" title="Higashikurume, Tokyo">Higashikurume</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Higashimurayama,_Tokyo" title="Higashimurayama, Tokyo">Higashimurayama</a></li></ul> </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Higashiyamato,_Tokyo" title="Higashiyamato, Tokyo">Higashiyamato</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hino,_Tokyo" title="Hino, Tokyo">Hino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inagi" title="Inagi">Inagi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiyose,_Tokyo" title="Kiyose, Tokyo">Kiyose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kodaira,_Tokyo" title="Kodaira, Tokyo">Kodaira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koganei,_Tokyo" title="Koganei, Tokyo">Koganei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kokubunji,_Tokyo" title="Kokubunji, Tokyo">Kokubunji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Komae,_Tokyo" title="Komae, Tokyo">Komae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunitachi,_Tokyo" title="Kunitachi, Tokyo">Kunitachi</a></li></ul> </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Machida,_Tokyo" title="Machida, Tokyo">Machida</a> (pop over 410,000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitaka,_Tokyo" title="Mitaka, Tokyo">Mitaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Musashimurayama,_Tokyo" title="Musashimurayama, Tokyo">Musashimurayama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Musashino,_Tokyo" title="Musashino, Tokyo">Musashino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nishit%C5%8Dky%C5%8D" class="mw-redirect" title="Nishitōkyō">Nishitōkyō</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cme,_Tokyo" title="Ōme, Tokyo">Ōme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tachikawa,_Tokyo" title="Tachikawa, Tokyo">Tachikawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tama,_Tokyo" title="Tama, Tokyo">Tama</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cities_outside_Tokyo">Cities outside Tokyo</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Tokyo_Area&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Cities outside Tokyo" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Makuharicity2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Makuharicity2.jpg/220px-Makuharicity2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="102" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3333" data-file-height="1548"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 102px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Makuharicity2.jpg/220px-Makuharicity2.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="102" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Makuharicity2.jpg/330px-Makuharicity2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Makuharicity2.jpg/440px-Makuharicity2.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Chiba_(city)" title="Chiba (city)">Chiba</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Musashi-kosugi_skyscrapers.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Musashi-kosugi_skyscrapers.jpg/220px-Musashi-kosugi_skyscrapers.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="1024"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 147px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Musashi-kosugi_skyscrapers.jpg/220px-Musashi-kosugi_skyscrapers.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="147" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Musashi-kosugi_skyscrapers.jpg/330px-Musashi-kosugi_skyscrapers.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Musashi-kosugi_skyscrapers.jpg/440px-Musashi-kosugi_skyscrapers.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Kawasaki,_Kanagawa" title="Kawasaki, Kanagawa">Kawasaki</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Japanese_Saitama_Shintoshin_west_building.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Japanese_Saitama_Shintoshin_west_building.jpg/220px-Japanese_Saitama_Shintoshin_west_building.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1200"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 147px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Japanese_Saitama_Shintoshin_west_building.jpg/220px-Japanese_Saitama_Shintoshin_west_building.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="147" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Japanese_Saitama_Shintoshin_west_building.jpg/330px-Japanese_Saitama_Shintoshin_west_building.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Japanese_Saitama_Shintoshin_west_building.jpg/440px-Japanese_Saitama_Shintoshin_west_building.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Saitama_(city)" title="Saitama (city)">Saitama</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Minato_Mirai_In_Blue.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Minato_Mirai_In_Blue.jpg/220px-Minato_Mirai_In_Blue.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 147px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Minato_Mirai_In_Blue.jpg/220px-Minato_Mirai_In_Blue.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="147" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Minato_Mirai_In_Blue.jpg/330px-Minato_Mirai_In_Blue.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Minato_Mirai_In_Blue.jpg/440px-Minato_Mirai_In_Blue.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Yokohama" title="Yokohama">Yokohama</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kawaguchi-eki_shuhen_koso_tatemono.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Kawaguchi-eki_shuhen_koso_tatemono.jpg/220px-Kawaguchi-eki_shuhen_koso_tatemono.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="1843"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 144px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Kawaguchi-eki_shuhen_koso_tatemono.jpg/220px-Kawaguchi-eki_shuhen_koso_tatemono.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="144" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Kawaguchi-eki_shuhen_koso_tatemono.jpg/330px-Kawaguchi-eki_shuhen_koso_tatemono.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Kawaguchi-eki_shuhen_koso_tatemono.jpg/440px-Kawaguchi-eki_shuhen_koso_tatemono.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Kawaguchi,_Saitama" title="Kawaguchi, Saitama">Kawaguchi</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The core cities of the Greater Tokyo Area outside Tokyo Metropolis are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chiba_(city)" title="Chiba (city)">Chiba</a> (population 940,000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kawasaki,_Kanagawa" title="Kawasaki, Kanagawa">Kawasaki</a> (population 1.36 million)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sagamihara" title="Sagamihara">Sagamihara</a> (population 730,000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saitama_(city)" title="Saitama (city)">Saitama</a> (population 1.19 million)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yokohama" title="Yokohama">Yokohama</a> (population 3.62 million)</li></ul> <p>The other cities in Chiba, Kanagawa and Saitama Prefectures are: </p> <table> <tbody><tr> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abiko,_Chiba" title="Abiko, Chiba">Abiko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ageo" title="Ageo">Ageo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asahi,_Chiba" title="Asahi, Chiba">Asahi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asaka,_Saitama" title="Asaka, Saitama">Asaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atsugi" title="Atsugi">Atsugi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayase,_Kanagawa" title="Ayase, Kanagawa">Ayase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chichibu,_Saitama" title="Chichibu, Saitama">Chichibu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chigasaki,_Kanagawa" title="Chigasaki, Kanagawa">Chigasaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%8Dshi" title="Chōshi">Chōshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ebina,_Kanagawa" title="Ebina, Kanagawa">Ebina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fujimi,_Saitama" title="Fujimi, Saitama">Fujimi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fujimino,_Saitama" title="Fujimino, Saitama">Fujimino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fujisawa,_Kanagawa" title="Fujisawa, Kanagawa">Fujisawa</a> (pop 416,000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fukaya,_Saitama" title="Fukaya, Saitama">Fukaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Funabashi" title="Funabashi">Funabashi</a> (pop 580,000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Futtsu" title="Futtsu">Futtsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gy%C5%8Dda" title="Gyōda">Gyōda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hadano,_Kanagawa" title="Hadano, Kanagawa">Hadano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hann%C5%8D" title="Hannō">Hannō</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hany%C5%AB,_Saitama" title="Hanyū, Saitama">Hanyū</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hasuda,_Saitama" title="Hasuda, Saitama">Hasuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hidaka,_Saitama" title="Hidaka, Saitama">Hidaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Higashimatsuyama,_Saitama" title="Higashimatsuyama, Saitama">Higashimatsuyama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiratsuka" title="Hiratsuka">Hiratsuka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honj%C5%8D,_Saitama" title="Honjō, Saitama">Honjō</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ichihara,_Chiba" title="Ichihara, Chiba">Ichihara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ichikawa,_Chiba" title="Ichikawa, Chiba">Ichikawa</a> (pop. 470,000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inzai" title="Inzai">Inzai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iruma,_Saitama" title="Iruma, Saitama">Iruma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isehara,_Kanagawa" title="Isehara, Kanagawa">Isehara</a></li></ul> </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kamagaya" title="Kamagaya">Kamagaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamakura" title="Kamakura">Kamakura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamogawa,_Chiba" title="Kamogawa, Chiba">Kamogawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kashiwa" title="Kashiwa">Kashiwa</a> (pop 380,000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kasukabe,_Saitama" title="Kasukabe, Saitama">Kasukabe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katsuura,_Chiba" title="Katsuura, Chiba">Katsuura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kawagoe,_Saitama" title="Kawagoe, Saitama">Kawagoe</a> (pop 330,000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kawaguchi,_Saitama" title="Kawaguchi, Saitama">Kawaguchi</a> (pop 500,000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazo,_Saitama" title="Kazo, Saitama">Kazo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kimitsu" title="Kimitsu">Kimitsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kisarazu" title="Kisarazu">Kisarazu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kitamoto,_Saitama" title="Kitamoto, Saitama">Kitamoto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koshigaya" title="Koshigaya">Koshigaya</a> (population 318,000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dnosu" title="Kōnosu">Kōnosu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuki,_Saitama" title="Kuki, Saitama">Kuki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumagaya" title="Kumagaya">Kumagaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matsudo" title="Matsudo">Matsudo</a> (pop 480,000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minamiashigara,_Kanagawa" title="Minamiashigara, Kanagawa">Minamiashigara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Misato,_Saitama_(city)" title="Misato, Saitama (city)">Misato</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miura,_Kanagawa" title="Miura, Kanagawa">Miura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mobara" title="Mobara">Mobara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagareyama" title="Nagareyama">Nagareyama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narashino" title="Narashino">Narashino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narita,_Chiba" title="Narita, Chiba">Narita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niiza,_Saitama" title="Niiza, Saitama">Niiza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noda,_Chiba" title="Noda, Chiba">Noda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%8Camishirasato" title="Ōamishirasato">Ōamishirasato</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odawara" title="Odawara">Odawara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okegawa,_Saitama" title="Okegawa, Saitama">Okegawa</a></li></ul> </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sakado,_Saitama" title="Sakado, Saitama">Sakado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sakura,_Chiba" title="Sakura, Chiba">Sakura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satte,_Saitama" title="Satte, Saitama">Satte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sawara,_Chiba" title="Sawara, Chiba">Sawara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sayama" title="Sayama">Sayama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiki,_Saitama" title="Shiki, Saitama">Shiki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiraoka,_Saitama" title="Shiraoka, Saitama">Shiraoka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiroi" title="Shiroi">Shiroi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sodegaura" title="Sodegaura">Sodegaura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C5%8Dka" title="Sōka">Sōka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tateyama,_Chiba" title="Tateyama, Chiba">Tateyama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toda,_Saitama" title="Toda, Saitama">Toda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dgane" title="Tōgane">Tōgane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokorozawa,_Saitama" title="Tokorozawa, Saitama">Tokorozawa</a> (pop 338,000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tomisato" title="Tomisato">Tomisato</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsurugashima,_Saitama" title="Tsurugashima, Saitama">Tsurugashima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urayasu" title="Urayasu">Urayasu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wak%C5%8D,_Saitama" title="Wakō, Saitama">Wakō</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warabi,_Saitama" title="Warabi, Saitama">Warabi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yachimata" title="Yachimata">Yachimata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yachiyo,_Chiba" title="Yachiyo, Chiba">Yachiyo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yamato,_Kanagawa" title="Yamato, Kanagawa">Yamato</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yashio,_Saitama" title="Yashio, Saitama">Yashio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Y%C5%8Dkaichiba,_Chiba" title="Yōkaichiba, Chiba">Yōkaichiba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yokosuka" title="Yokosuka">Yokosuka</a> (pop 420,000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoshikawa,_Saitama" title="Yoshikawa, Saitama">Yoshikawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yotsukaid%C5%8D" title="Yotsukaidō">Yotsukaidō</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zama,_Kanagawa" title="Zama, Kanagawa">Zama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zushi,_Kanagawa" title="Zushi, Kanagawa">Zushi</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>source: stat.go.jp census 2005 </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Additional_cities">Additional cities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Tokyo_Area&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Additional cities" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>In the major metropolitan area (MMA) definition used by the Japanese Statistics Bureau, the following cities in <a href="/wiki/Ibaraki_Prefecture" title="Ibaraki Prefecture">Ibaraki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tochigi_Prefecture" title="Tochigi Prefecture">Tochigi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gunma_Prefecture" title="Gunma Prefecture">Gunma</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yamanashi_Prefecture" title="Yamanashi Prefecture">Yamanashi</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Shizuoka_Prefecture" title="Shizuoka Prefecture">Shizuoka</a> Prefectures are included: </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Gunma_Prefecture">Gunma Prefecture</h4><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Tokyo_Area&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Gunma Prefecture" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tatebayashi,_Gunma" title="Tatebayashi, Gunma">Tatebayashi</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Ibaraki_Prefecture">Ibaraki Prefecture</h4><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Tokyo_Area&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Ibaraki Prefecture" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <table> <tbody><tr> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Inashiki" title="Inashiki">Inashiki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ishioka,_Ibaraki" title="Ishioka, Ibaraki">Ishioka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J%C5%8Ds%C5%8D" title="Jōsō">Jōsō</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kasumigaura,_Ibaraki" title="Kasumigaura, Ibaraki">Kasumigaura</a></li></ul> </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Koga,_Ibaraki" title="Koga, Ibaraki">Koga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moriya,_Ibaraki" title="Moriya, Ibaraki">Moriya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ry%C5%ABgasaki,_Ibaraki" title="Ryūgasaki, Ibaraki">Ryūgasaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toride,_Ibaraki" title="Toride, Ibaraki">Toride</a></li></ul> </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tsuchiura" title="Tsuchiura">Tsuchiura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsukuba" title="Tsukuba">Tsukuba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsukubamirai,_Ibaraki" title="Tsukubamirai, Ibaraki">Tsukubamirai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ushiku,_Ibaraki" title="Ushiku, Ibaraki">Ushiku</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Shizuoka_Prefecture">Shizuoka Prefecture</h4><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Tokyo_Area&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Shizuoka Prefecture" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atami" title="Atami">Atami</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Tochigi_Prefecture">Tochigi Prefecture</h4><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Tokyo_Area&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Tochigi Prefecture" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oyama,_Tochigi" title="Oyama, Tochigi">Oyama</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Yamanashi_Prefecture">Yamanashi Prefecture</h4><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Tokyo_Area&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Yamanashi Prefecture" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C5%8Ctsuki,_Yamanashi" title="Ōtsuki, Yamanashi">Ōtsuki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uenohara" title="Uenohara">Uenohara</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Border_areas">Border areas</h4><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Tokyo_Area&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Border areas" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>Tighter definitions for Greater Tokyo do not include adjacent metropolitan areas of <a href="/wiki/Numazu" title="Numazu">Numazu</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mishima,_Shizuoka" title="Mishima, Shizuoka">Mishima</a> (approx. 450,000) to the southwest, <a href="/wiki/Maebashi" title="Maebashi">Maebashi</a>-<a href="/wiki/Takasaki" title="Takasaki">Takasaki</a>-<a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cta,_Gunma" title="Ōta, Gunma">Ōta</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ashikaga,_Tochigi" title="Ashikaga, Tochigi">Ashikaga</a> (approx. 1,500,000 people) on the northwest, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Utsunomiya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Greater Utsunomiya (page does not exist)">Greater Utsunomiya</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%87%E9%83%BD%E5%AE%AE%E9%83%BD%E5%B8%82%E5%9C%8F" class="extiw" title="ja:宇都宮都市圏">ja</a>]</span> (approx. 1,000,000) to the north. If they are included, Greater Tokyo's population would be around 39 million. Takasaki-Maebashi is included as part of the Tokyo-Yokohama area in the definition of urban areas by Demographia. </p> <div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:1508px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tokyo_from_the_top_of_the_SkyTree_(cropped).JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Panoramic view of Tokyo from Tokyo Skytree"><noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Tokyo_from_the_top_of_the_SkyTree_%28cropped%29.JPG/1500px-Tokyo_from_the_top_of_the_SkyTree_%28cropped%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="1500" height="324" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="5999" data-file-height="1294"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 1500px;height: 324px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Tokyo_from_the_top_of_the_SkyTree_%28cropped%29.JPG/1500px-Tokyo_from_the_top_of_the_SkyTree_%28cropped%29.JPG" data-alt="" data-width="1500" data-height="324" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Tokyo_from_the_top_of_the_SkyTree_%28cropped%29.JPG/2250px-Tokyo_from_the_top_of_the_SkyTree_%28cropped%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Tokyo_from_the_top_of_the_SkyTree_%28cropped%29.JPG/3000px-Tokyo_from_the_top_of_the_SkyTree_%28cropped%29.JPG 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption" style="text-align:center"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Tokyo_from_the_top_of_the_SkyTree_(cropped).JPG" title="File:Tokyo from the top of the SkyTree (cropped).JPG"> </a></div>Panoramic view of Tokyo from <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Skytree" title="Tokyo Skytree">Tokyo Skytree</a></div></div></div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Tokyo_Area&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Geography" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <p>At the centre of the main urban area (approximately the first 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Station" title="Tokyo Station">Tokyo Station</a>) are the 23 special wards, formerly treated as a single city but now governed as separate municipalities, and containing many major commercial centres such as <a href="/wiki/Shinjuku" title="Shinjuku">Shinjuku</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shibuya,_Tokyo" class="mw-redirect" title="Shibuya, Tokyo">Shibuya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ikebukuro" title="Ikebukuro">Ikebukuro</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ginza" title="Ginza">Ginza</a>. Around the 23 special wards are a multitude of suburban cities which merge seamlessly into each other to form a continuous built up area, circumnavigated by the heavily travelled <a href="/wiki/Japan_National_Route_16" title="Japan National Route 16">Route 16</a> which forms a (broken) loop about 40 kilometres (25 mi) from central Tokyo. Situated along the loop are the major cities of Yokohama (to the south of Tokyo), Hachiōji (to the west), Ōmiya (now part of Saitama City, to the north), and Chiba (to the east). </p><p>Within the Route 16 loop, the coastline of <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Bay" title="Tokyo Bay">Tokyo Bay</a> is heavily industrialised, with the <a href="/wiki/Keihin_Industrial_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Keihin Industrial Area">Keihin Industrial Area</a> stretching from Tokyo down to Yokohama, and the <a href="/wiki/Keiy%C5%8D_Industrial_Zone" title="Keiyō Industrial Zone">Keiyō Industrial Zone</a> from Tokyo eastwards to Chiba. Along the periphery of the main urban area are numerous new suburban housing developments such as the <a href="/wiki/Tama_New_Town" title="Tama New Town">Tama New Town</a>. The landscape is relatively flat compared to most of Japan, most of it comprising low hills. </p><p>Outside the Route 16 loop the landscape becomes more rural. To the southwest is an area known as <a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dnan" title="Shōnan">Shōnan</a>, which contains various cities and towns along the coast of <a href="/wiki/Sagami_Bay" title="Sagami Bay">Sagami Bay</a>, and to the west the area is mountainous. </p><p>Many rivers run through the area, the major ones being <a href="/wiki/Arakawa_River_(Kanto)" class="mw-redirect" title="Arakawa River (Kanto)">Arakawa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tama_River" title="Tama River">Tama River</a>. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Tokyo_Area&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Demographics" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Population_of_South-Kanto_Prefectures,_Japan.svg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Population_of_South-Kanto_Prefectures%2C_Japan.svg/450px-Population_of_South-Kanto_Prefectures%2C_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="450" height="225" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="450"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 450px;height: 225px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Population_of_South-Kanto_Prefectures%2C_Japan.svg/450px-Population_of_South-Kanto_Prefectures%2C_Japan.svg.png" data-width="450" data-height="225" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Population_of_South-Kanto_Prefectures%2C_Japan.svg/675px-Population_of_South-Kanto_Prefectures%2C_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Population_of_South-Kanto_Prefectures%2C_Japan.svg/900px-Population_of_South-Kanto_Prefectures%2C_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption> Population of South-Kanto Prefectures<br>(Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba, Saitama)</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236656977">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:none;clear:none;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Per annum growth rate" class="abbr-header">±% p.a.</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1950</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">11,274,641</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">— </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1955</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">13,712,679</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+3.99%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1960</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">16,678,821</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+3.99%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1965</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">20,284,371</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+3.99%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1970</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">23,297,503</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+2.81%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1975</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">26,614,733</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.70%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1980</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">28,548,512</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.41%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1985</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">30,303,794</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.20%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1990</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">32,530,003</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.43%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1995</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">33,586,573</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+0.64%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2000</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">34,607,069</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.60%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2005</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">35,682,460</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.61%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2010</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">36,923,193</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.69%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2015</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">37,273,866</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.19%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2020</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">38,034,418</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.40%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">for Kanto MMA:<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Tokyo_Area&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Economy" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> <p>Tokyo metropolitan area is the second largest metropolitan economy in the world only behind <a href="/wiki/New_York_metropolitan_area" title="New York metropolitan area">New York</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Prefecture </th> <th>Gross prefecture product<br>(in billion JP¥, 2021)<sup id="cite_ref-esri.cao.go.jp_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-esri.cao.go.jp-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Gross prefecture product<br>(in billion US$, 2021)<sup id="cite_ref-exchangerates.org.uk_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-exchangerates.org.uk-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Flag_of_Tokyo_Metropolis.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tokyo_Metropolis.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 23px;height: 15px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Flag_of_Tokyo_Metropolis.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tokyo_Metropolis.svg.png" data-alt="" data-width="23" data-height="15" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Flag_of_Tokyo_Metropolis.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tokyo_Metropolis.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Flag_of_Tokyo_Metropolis.svg/45px-Flag_of_Tokyo_Metropolis.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a> </td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">113,686</div> </td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1,035</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Flag_of_Kanagawa_Prefecture.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kanagawa_Prefecture.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 23px;height: 15px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Flag_of_Kanagawa_Prefecture.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kanagawa_Prefecture.svg.png" data-alt="" data-width="23" data-height="15" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Flag_of_Kanagawa_Prefecture.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kanagawa_Prefecture.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Flag_of_Kanagawa_Prefecture.svg/45px-Flag_of_Kanagawa_Prefecture.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kanagawa_Prefecture" title="Kanagawa Prefecture">Kanagawa</a> </td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">35,288</div> </td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">321</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Flag_of_Saitama_Prefecture.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saitama_Prefecture.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 23px;height: 15px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Flag_of_Saitama_Prefecture.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saitama_Prefecture.svg.png" data-alt="" data-width="23" data-height="15" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Flag_of_Saitama_Prefecture.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saitama_Prefecture.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Flag_of_Saitama_Prefecture.svg/45px-Flag_of_Saitama_Prefecture.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Saitama_Prefecture" title="Saitama Prefecture">Saitama</a> </td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">23,734</div> </td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">216</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Chiba_Prefecture.svg/23px-Flag_of_Chiba_Prefecture.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 23px;height: 15px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Chiba_Prefecture.svg/23px-Flag_of_Chiba_Prefecture.svg.png" data-alt="" data-width="23" data-height="15" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Chiba_Prefecture.svg/35px-Flag_of_Chiba_Prefecture.svg.png 1.5x, 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data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Flag_of_Ibaraki_Prefecture.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ibaraki_Prefecture.svg.png" data-alt="" data-width="23" data-height="15" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Flag_of_Ibaraki_Prefecture.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ibaraki_Prefecture.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Flag_of_Ibaraki_Prefecture.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ibaraki_Prefecture.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ibaraki_Prefecture" title="Ibaraki Prefecture">Ibaraki</a> </td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">14,539</div> </td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">133</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><noscript><img alt="" 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id="Metropolitan_Employment_Area">Metropolitan Employment Area</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Tokyo_Area&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Metropolitan Employment Area" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>2010</th> <th>1995</th> <th>1980 </th></tr> <tr> <th>Employed persons 000s </th> <td>16,234</td> <td>16,381</td> <td>12,760 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Production_(economics)" title="Production (economics)">Production</a> (billion US$) </th> <td>1,797</td> <td>1,491</td> <td>358 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Production <a href="/wiki/Manufacturing" title="Manufacturing">manufacturing</a> (billion US$) </th> <td>216</td> <td>476</td> <td>159 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Private <a href="/wiki/Capital_(economics)" title="Capital (economics)">capital</a> <a href="/wiki/Stock_and_flow" title="Stock and flow">stock</a> (billion US$) </th> <td>3,618</td> <td>2,631</td> <td>368 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Social overhead capital (billion US$) </th> <td>1,607</td> <td>1,417</td> <td>310 </td></tr> <tr> <th>1 US dollar (<a href="/wiki/Japanese_yen" title="Japanese yen">Japanese yen</a>) </th> <td>87.780</td> <td>94.060</td> <td>226.741 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><small>Sources:<sup id="cite_ref-UEA_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UEA-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://data.oecd.org/conversion/exchange-rates.htm">Conversion rates – Exchange rates – OECD Data</a></small> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(6)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand 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href="/wiki/Rainbow_Bridge_(Tokyo)" title="Rainbow Bridge (Tokyo)">Rainbow Bridge</a></figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Greater_Tokyo" title="Transport in Greater Tokyo">Transport in Greater Tokyo</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air">Air</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Tokyo_Area&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Air" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>The Greater Tokyo Area has two major airports, <a href="/wiki/Haneda_Airport" title="Haneda Airport">Tokyo International Airport</a>, commonly known as Haneda Airport (once chiefly domestic, now turning international) and <a href="/wiki/Narita_International_Airport" title="Narita International Airport">Narita International Airport</a> (chiefly international as well). Minor facilities include <a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%8Dfu_Airport" title="Chōfu Airport">Chōfu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ibaraki_Airport" title="Ibaraki Airport">Ibaraki Airport</a>. <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Heliport" title="Tokyo Heliport">Tokyo Heliport</a> serves helicopter traffic, including police, fire, and news. <a href="/wiki/Japan_Civil_Aviation_Bureau" title="Japan Civil Aviation Bureau">Japan Civil Aviation Bureau</a> handles air traffic in large part but various military facilities handle air traffic in part: <a href="/wiki/Ibaraki_Airport" title="Ibaraki Airport">Hyakuri Air Base</a> (<a href="/wiki/Japan_Air_Self-Defense_Force" title="Japan Air Self-Defense Force">Japan Air Self-Defense Force</a>), <a href="/wiki/Utsunomiya_Air_Field" title="Utsunomiya Air Field">Utsunomiya Air Field</a> (<a href="/wiki/Japan_Ground_Self-Defense_Force" title="Japan Ground Self-Defense Force">Japan Ground Self-Defense Force</a>), and <a href="/wiki/Yokota_Air_Base" title="Yokota Air Base">Yokota Air Base</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rail">Rail</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Tokyo_Area&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Rail" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>Greater Tokyo has an extensive railway network comprising <a href="/wiki/Shinkansen" title="Shinkansen">high-speed rail</a>, <a href="/wiki/Commuter_rail" title="Commuter rail">commuter rails</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rapid_transit" title="Rapid transit">subways</a>, <a href="/wiki/Monorail" title="Monorail">monorails</a>, <a href="/wiki/Private_railway" title="Private railway">private lines</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tram" title="Tram">trams</a> and others. There are around 136 individual rail lines in the Greater Tokyo Area, and between 1,000 and 1,200 railway stations depending on one's definition of the area, most designed for heavy use, usually long enough to accommodate 10-car (200 metres (660 ft) long) trains. Stations are designed to accommodate hundreds of thousands of passengers at any given time, with miles of connecting tunnels linking vast department stores and corporate offices. <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Station" title="Tokyo Station">Tokyo Station</a> has underground connections that stretch well over 4 kilometres (2.5 mi), and <a href="/wiki/Shinjuku_Station" title="Shinjuku Station">Shinjuku Station</a> has well over 200 exits. Greater Tokyo's Railway Network is easily considered the world's largest in terms of both daily passenger throughput with a daily trips of over 40 million (20 million different passengers) as well as physical extent with approximately 2,578 kilometres (1,602 mi) of track. Shinjuku station is used by an average of 3.34 million people per day, making it the world's busiest train station. Some 57 percent of all Greater Tokyo residents used rail as their primary means of transport in 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/East_Japan_Railway_Company" title="East Japan Railway Company">JR East</a> and many other carriers crisscross the region with a network of rail lines. The most important carriers include <a href="/wiki/Keihin_Electric_Express_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Keihin Electric Express Railway">Keihin Kyūkō Electric Railway</a> (<i>Keikyū</i>), <a href="/wiki/Keisei_Electric_Railway" title="Keisei Electric Railway">Keisei Electric Railway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Keio_Electric_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Keio Electric Railway">Keiō Electric Railway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Odakyu_Electric_Railway" title="Odakyu Electric Railway">Odakyū Electric Railway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seibu_Railway" title="Seibu Railway">Seibu Railway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tobu_Railway" title="Tobu Railway">Tōbu Railway</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tokyu_Corporation" title="Tokyu Corporation">Tōkyū Corporation</a>. In addition to Tokyo's two subway systems — <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Metro" title="Tokyo Metro">Tokyo Metro</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Metropolitan_Bureau_of_Transportation" title="Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation">Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Toei_Subway" title="Toei Subway">Toei</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Toden" title="Tokyo Toden">Toden</a></i> lines), Yokohama also has two <a href="/wiki/Yokohama_Municipal_Subway" title="Yokohama Municipal Subway">subway lines</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Monorail" title="Tokyo Monorail">Tokyo Monorail</a> provides an important shuttle service between Haneda Airport and Hammatsucho station on the Yamanote line. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Others">Others</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Tokyo_Area&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Others" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button 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cs1">United Nations. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/urbanization/the_worlds_cities_in_2016_data_booklet.pdf"><i>The World's Cities in 2016</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170112211410/http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/urbanization/the_worlds_cities_in_2016_data_booklet.pdf">Archived</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> from the original on 2017-01-12 – via www.un.org.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+World%27s+Cities+in+2016&rft.au=United+Nations&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.un.org%2Fen%2Fdevelopment%2Fdesa%2Fpopulation%2Fpublications%2Fpdf%2Furbanization%2Fthe_worlds_cities_in_2016_data_booklet.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGreater+Tokyo+Area" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MMA-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-MMA_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-script cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070210012525/http://www.stat.go.jp/data/kokusei/2000/final/zuhyou/092.xls"><bdi lang="ja">第92表/Table 92</bdi></a> (in Japanese and English). Japan Statistics Bureau – Keihin'yō Major Metropolitan Area. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stat.go.jp/data/kokusei/2000/final/zuhyou/092.xls">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(XLS)</span> on 2007-02-10.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%E7%AC%AC92%E8%A1%A8%2FTable+92&rft.pub=Japan+Statistics+Bureau+%E2%80%93+Keihin%27y%C5%8D+Major+Metropolitan+Area&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stat.go.jp%2Fdata%2Fkokusei%2F2000%2Ffinal%2Fzuhyou%2F092.xls&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGreater+Tokyo+Area" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161013155105/http://demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf"><i>Demographia World Urban Areas: 12th Annual Edition: 2016:04</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>, Demographia, 2016, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 2016-10-13<span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">2007-05-10</span></span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Demographia+World+Urban+Areas%3A+12th+Annual+Edition%3A+2016%3A04&rft.pub=Demographia&rft.date=2016&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fdemographia.com%2Fdb-worldua.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGreater+Tokyo+Area" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-UEA-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-UEA_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-UEA_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-UEA_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.csis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/UEA/uea_data_e.htm">"Metropolitan Employment Area (MEA) Data"</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2016-06-21</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Metropolitan+Employment+Area+%28MEA%29+Data&rft.pub=Center+for+Spatial+Information+Science%2C+The+University+of+Tokyo&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.csis.u-tokyo.ac.jp%2FUEA%2Fuea_data_e.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGreater+Tokyo+Area" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-script cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.e-stat.go.jp/SG1/estat/Xlsdl.do?sinfid=000025518736"><bdi lang="ja">第60表 /Table 60</bdi></a> <span class="cs1-format">(XLS)</span> (in Japanese and English). 統計局 Tōkeikyoku [Statistics Bureau]. 2010. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150924003453/http://www.e-stat.go.jp/SG1/estat/Xlsdl.do?sinfid=000025518736">Archived</a> from the original on 2015-09-24<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2015-08-26</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%E7%AC%AC60%E8%A1%A8+%2FTable+60&rft.pub=%E7%B5%B1%E8%A8%88%E5%B1%80+T%C5%8Dkeikyoku+%5BStatistics+Bureau%5D&rft.date=2010&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.e-stat.go.jp%2FSG1%2Festat%2FXlsdl.do%3Fsinfid%3D000025518736&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGreater+Tokyo+Area" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-stat.go.jp-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-stat.go.jp_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-script cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.e-stat.go.jp/SG1/estat/Xlsdl.do?sinfid=000025518737"><bdi lang="ja">第61表 /Table 61</bdi></a> <span class="cs1-format">(XLS)</span> (in Japanese and English). 統計局 Tōkeikyoku [Statistics Bureau]. 2010. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150924003454/http://www.e-stat.go.jp/SG1/estat/Xlsdl.do?sinfid=000025518737">Archived</a> from the original on 2015-09-24<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2015-08-26</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%E7%AC%AC61%E8%A1%A8+%2FTable+61&rft.pub=%E7%B5%B1%E8%A8%88%E5%B1%80+T%C5%8Dkeikyoku+%5BStatistics+Bureau%5D&rft.date=2010&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.e-stat.go.jp%2FSG1%2Festat%2FXlsdl.do%3Fsinfid%3D000025518737&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGreater+Tokyo+Area" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-statb2-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-statb2_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-script cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160912182027/http://www.e-stat.go.jp/SG1/estat/XlsdlE.do?sinfid=000008640424"><bdi lang="ja">第2表 /Table 2</bdi></a> (in Japanese and English). 統計局 Tōkeikyoku [Statistics Bureau]. 2010. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2018-12-28</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%E7%AC%AC2%E8%A1%A8+%2FTable+2&rft.pub=%E7%B5%B1%E8%A8%88%E5%B1%80+T%C5%8Dkeikyoku+%5BStatistics+Bureau%5D&rft.date=2010&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.e-stat.go.jp%2FSG1%2Festat%2FXlsdlE.do%3Fsinfid%3D000008640424&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGreater+Tokyo+Area" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-statb1-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-statb1_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-script cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111004190437/http://www.e-stat.go.jp/SG1/estat/XlsdlE.do?sinfid=000008640423"><bdi lang="ja">第1表 /Table 1</bdi></a> (in Japanese and English). 統計局 Tōkeikyoku [Statistics Bureau]. 2010. 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href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandtokia_Areo" title="Grandtokia Areo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Grandtokia Areo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokioko_metropoli_eremua" title="Tokioko metropoli eremua – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Tokioko metropoli eremua" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B7%D9%82%D9%87_%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%E2%80%8C%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%AA%D9%88%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%88" title="منطقه کلان‌شهری توکیو – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="منطقه کلان‌شهری توکیو" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Tokyo" title="Grand Tokyo – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Grand Tokyo" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%88%98%EB%8F%84%EA%B6%8C_(%EC%9D%BC%EB%B3%B8)" title="수도권 (일본) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="수도권 (일본)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Raya" title="Tokyo Raya – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Tokyo Raya" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grande_Area_di_Tokyo" title="Grande Area di Tokyo – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Grande Area di Tokyo" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9F_%D7%98%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%95" title="מטרופולין טוקיו – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מטרופולין טוקיו" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didysis_Tokijas" title="Didysis Tokijas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Didysis Tokijas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Raya" title="Tokyo Raya – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Tokyo Raya" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groot-Tokio" title="Groot-Tokio – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Groot-Tokio" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A6%96%E9%83%BD%E5%9C%8F_(%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC)" title="首都圏 (日本) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="首都圏 (日本)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stor-Tokyo" title="Stor-Tokyo – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Stor-Tokyo" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regi%C3%A3o_Metropolitana_de_T%C3%B3quio" title="Região Metropolitana de Tóquio – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Região Metropolitana de Tóquio" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BE" title="Большой Токио – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Большой Токио" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Tokyo_Area" title="Greater Tokyo Area – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Greater Tokyo Area" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ve%C4%BEk%C3%A9_Tokio" title="Veľké Tokio – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Veľké Tokio" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suur-Tokio" title="Suur-Tokio – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Suur-Tokio" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stortokyo" title="Stortokyo – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Stortokyo" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malawakang_Pook_ng_Tokyo" title="Malawakang Pook ng Tokyo – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Malawakang Pook ng Tokyo" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%82%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A0%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%95%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%A7" title="เขตอภิมหานครโตเกียว – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="เขตอภิมหานครโตเกียว" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%BCy%C3%BCk_Tokyo" title="Büyük Tokyo – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Büyük Tokyo" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%B9%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%96%D1%8F" title="Токійська агломерація – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Токійська агломерація" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%B9%D9%88%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%88_%D8%B9%D8%B8%D9%85%DB%8C_%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%82%DB%81" title="ٹوکیو عظمی علاقہ – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="ٹوکیو عظمی علاقہ" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%B9ng_th%E1%BB%A7_%C4%91%C3%B4_T%C5%8Dky%C5%8D" title="Vùng thủ đô Tōkyō – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" 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