Tokyo
Tokyo Metropolis, Japan
The largest metropolitan economy in the world and the centre of almost all English-language professional hiring in Japan. Rents are high by Japanese standards but below London or New York for comparable space.
- Population
- 14,000,000
- Climate
- temperate
- Typical download speed
- 220 Mbit/s
- One-bed, city centre
- JP¥130K – JP¥220K
- One-bed, outside centre
- JP¥85K – JP¥140K
- Monthly budget, one adult
- JP¥230K – JP¥380K
Indicative
Getting around
The densest rail network anywhere; almost nobody in the city centre needs a car.
What people work in here
- Finance
- Technology
- Manufacturing
- Education
Cost of living
We do not hold a Tokyo cost series, so this is the Japan country-wide estimate. Use the rent figures above for the local picture.
| Category | Monthly range |
|---|---|
| Housing | JP¥70,000 – JP¥160,000 |
| Food | JP¥40,000 – JP¥75,000 |
| Utilities | JP¥12,000 – JP¥25,000 |
| Internet | JP¥4,000 – JP¥6,500 |
| Transport | JP¥8,000 – JP¥20,000 |
| Healthcare | JP¥5,000 – JP¥40,000 |
| Everything else | JP¥25,000 – JP¥60,000 |
| Total | JP¥164,000 – JP¥386,500 |
| Suggested monthly buffer | JP¥463,800 |
Modelled from a baseline for one adult and scaled, not sampled from households. Figures are shown as ranges because that is the honest shape of the data.
Worth knowing. Modelled estimate. Initial rental costs in Japan are unusually high: key money, agency fees, a guarantor company fee and deposits commonly total four to six months of rent before you move in.
Immigration
Immigration is decided nationally, not by city. Which routes are open to you, what they require and how long they take are all on the Japan guide.
Worth knowing. Modelled estimates, not survey data.