The Tokyo metropolitan area's net population inflow in 2024 rose by 9,328 from the previous year to 135,843, close to the 148,783 marked in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic, the internal affairs ...

Officials said many young people are moving to Tokyo to enter schools and start working, resulting in the continued trend of the excessive population concentration in the capital. Six other ...

Changes in Tokyo’s population and the soaring number of high-rise buildings over the past 10 years prompted the metropolitan government to begin revising its damage estimate for a major quake ...

Tokyo’s population reached 10 million in 1963. After decreasing by 19,000 in 1996, it topped 12 million in 2001, 13 million in 2010 and 14 million in 2019. Related News ...

TOKYO, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo saw a net population inflow of approximately 79,000 people in 2024, marking an increase of over 11,000 from the previous year, according to the Ministry of Internal ...

Tokyo continued to be a magnet for people in 2024, with a net influx of around 80,000 nearing the pre-pandemic 2019 level and highlighting the longstanding population concentration in the capital, ...