Tokyo (photo / Joshua Williams)
October 23, 3:25 AM
By Joshua Williams
Tokyo has taken the honor of being the fourth best city in the world, after only New York, London, and Paris, according to a comprehensive Japanese worldwide-city indexing. The Global Power City Index, released on October 22nd (JST) by the Institute for Urban Strategies at The Mori Memorial Foundation in Tokyo, looked at six different objective factors to determine the overall rank, as well as separately ranking cities from the subjective viewpoint of five different types of people.
According to the study of 35 major world cities, while taking fourth place overall, Tokyo achieved second place for the “Economy” and “Research & Development” categories, after only New York. “Economy” includes factors such as economic vitality and business environment, whereas “Research & Development” focuses on points such as readiness for accepting and supporting researchers, and achievement.
Tokyo was fourth in “Ecology & Natural Environment,” a category that the top three cities fared poorly in; Paris was 11th, London 16th, and New York 30th. The category ranks the city’s ecology, pollution, and natural environment.
Tokyo came in sixth for “Cultural Interaction,” which deals with things such as resources for attracting visitors and trendsetting potential.
The two areas where Tokyo needs work are “Accessibility” at 11th place, and “Livability” at 19th. “Accessibility” is based on ranking both inner-city and international transportation, while “Livability” factors in work environment, cost of living, security and safety, and life support functions.
For individual types of people, Tokyo was a respectable third for “Researchers,” fourth for “Residents,” fifth for “Artists,” and seventh for “Managers” and “Visitors.”
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