Home to 38 million people, the Tokyo-Yokohama metropolitan area is the largest populated metropolitan region in the world

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Home to 38 million people, the Tokyo-Yokohama metropolitan area is the largest populated metropolitan region in the world

Panoramic view of Tokyo from

Interesting Facts about Tokyo, Japan

Below, you will find 10 of the most famous people born in Tokyo, Japan

• Yoko Ono, artist (born Feb. 18, 1933)
• Rola, model, actress & singer (born Mar. 30, 1990 )
• Akihito, emperor (born Dec. 23, 1933)
• Shinzō Abe, political leader (born Sep. 21, 1954)
• Takaharu Tezuka, architect (born Feb. 23, 1964)
• Princess Masako, crown princess (born Dec. 9, 1963)
• Yuki Furukawa, model, actor, dancer & guitarist (born Dec. 18, 1987)
• Renhō, journalist & politician (born Nov. 28, 1967)
• Hikari Okubo, motorcycle racer (born Aug. 11, 1993)
• Mademoiselle Yulia, DJ, singer & designer (born Aug. 10, 1987 )

Population

• Demonym for a Tokyo resident: Tokyoite
• Population: 13.6 million (Tokyo Metropolis)
• Density: 16,095 people per square mile (6,216 per square kilometer)
• Population: 38 million (Tokyo-Yokohama)
• Density: 11,515 people per square mile (4,446 per square kilometer)
• Population: 126,702,133 (Japan)
• Density: 900 people per square mile (348 per square kilometer)

Financial

GDP: US$1.617 trillion in 2014 (Tokyo-Yokohama)

GDP per person: $42,446

Note: The above GDP metrics are on a Purchasing Power Parity basis and are in U.S. dollars.

Official currency used in Tokyo: Japanese Yen