Tokyo's place on the Oxford Economics Global Cities Index

There are various measures of what constitutes a good city, and the Oxford Economics Global Cities Index measures them on five factors: economics, human capital, quality of life, environment, and governance.

Tokyo came in 10th place in the economics category, second in the human capital category, 218th on quality of life, 277th (sheesh) on environment, and 26th in governance.

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There were some specific strengths and weaknesses listed for each category, with Tokyo praised for having many corporate headquarters, a high life expectancy, and a large GDP size, but critiqued for its older age profile, slower GDP growth, and overall high cost of housing in the city compared to wages.

The fairly dismal score for environment was heavily affected by the propensity for natural disasters here. Pollution was also a factor, but the study noted that Tokyo does better than a lot of other Asian cities in this regard.

If you have any interest in reading the report, you can explore it in full here.