Greater Tokyo Area
Greater Tokyo Area | |
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Greater Tokyo area around Tokyo Bay at night (2021) | |
Greater Tokyo Area | |
| Coordinates: 35°41′23″N 139°41′30″E / 35.68972°N 139.69167°E | |
| Major Cities | Tokyo Metropolis (includes 23 special wards) Yokohama Kawasaki Saitama Kawaguchi Chiba Sagamihara |
| Area | |
| • Urban | 8,547 km2 (3,300 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 13,452 km2 (5,194 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Urban | 38,140,000 |
| GDP | |
| • National Capital Region | JP¥238,701 billion (2022) US$1.839 trillion (2022) |
The Greater Tokyo Area is the third 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. In Japanese, it is referred to by various terms, one of the most common being Capital Region (首都圏, Shuto-ken).
As of 2026, the United Nations estimates the total population at 36,954,512. It is the second-largest single metropolitan area in the world in terms of built-up or urban function landmass at 8,547 square kilometres (3,300 sq mi), behind only the New York City metropolitan area at 4,495 square miles (11,640 km2). With around US$1.8 trillion in GDP, Tokyo remains the second-largest metropolitan economy in the world, also behind New York.