• Soulg@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Ok but Google says that 10% of Japanese live in Tokyo, which is still massive but 90% is a ridiculous stretch

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      8 months ago

      Maybe he’s referring to the greater Tokyo Metropolitan area? Sounds more plausible at least since it’s absolutely massive. Def not for just Tokyo city.

      • Norah - She/They@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        8 months ago

        The Greater Tokyo Metropolitan area has a population of 37 million while the country has a population of 125.7 million. While an impressively large percentage, it’s still less than a third (29.4%) of the population of Japan proper.

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          8 months ago

          Fair enough and also insane. Shout out to their public transit there. I stayed there for a couple weeks and it was amazing how easy it was for me to do whatever I wanted without worrying about how to get to places.

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          8 months ago

          Ok I was too lazy to look it up but just remembered that Tokyo had a big part of the population.