Japan » Introduction of Tokyo

Tokyo is the nation's centre of politics, business, finance, education, mass media, and pop culture. Tokyo has Japan's highest concentration of corporate headquarters, financial institutions, universities and colleges, museums, theatres, and shopping and entertainment establishments.

It is widely considered to be one of the world's major "global cities", and a Mega-city. Although not a single city, the Tokyo metropolis is the capital of Japan and it is home to the Japanese government and emperor. About 12 million people 10 percent of the country's population live in Tokyo, while approximately 25million people live in the entire Greater Tokyo conurbation, making it effectively part of the most populated urban area on Earth.