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Pages in category "Geography of Tokyo" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Citizens' Plaza; D.
A topographic map of Japan. About 73% of Japan is mountainous, [22] with a mountain range running through each of the main islands. Japan's highest mountain is Mount Fuji, with an elevation of 3,776 m (12,388 ft). Japan's forest cover rate is 68.55% since the mountains are heavily forested.
Tokyo has been the site of many skyscraper construction projects in recent years. Over the past decade, 16 buildings rising higher than 200 metres have been completed, of which 6 were completed since 2023. [2] A total of 60 buildings standing at least 150 metres in height have been completed in the prefecture since 2014. [2]
The capital city, Tokyo, has a population of 13.9 million (2022). [244] It is part of the Greater Tokyo Area, the biggest metropolitan area in the world with 37.4 million people (2024). [245] Japan is an ethnically and culturally homogeneous society, [246] with the Japanese people forming 97.4% of the country's population. [247]
Tokyo has enacted a measure to cut greenhouse gases. Governor Shintaro Ishihara created Japan's first emissions cap system, aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emission by a total of 25% by 2020 from the 2000 level. [87] Tokyo is an example of an urban heat island, and the phenomenon is especially serious in its special wards.
Tokyo Bay (東京湾, Tōkyō-wan) is a bay located in the southern Kantō region of Japan spanning the coasts of Tokyo, Kanagawa Prefecture, and Chiba Prefecture. Tokyo Bay is connected to the Pacific Ocean by the Uraga Channel .
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The Greater Tokyo Area is the most populous metropolitan area in the world, consisting of the Kantō region of Japan (including Tokyo Metropolis and the prefectures of Chiba, Gunma, Ibaraki, Kanagawa, Saitama, and Tochigi) as well as the prefecture of Yamanashi of the neighboring Chūbu region.