Japan Central Business District
Shares of Urban Area Employment
|
City |
Area |
Estimated Employment |
Share
of
Urban
Area
Employment |
Notes |
|
Tokyo |
Yamanote Loop |
4,250,000 |
27% |
|
Tokyo |
Core CBD |
2,430,000 |
16% |
|
Osaka |
Osaka Loop |
1,380,000 |
18% |
|
Nagoya |
Loop |
740,000 |
19% |
|
Tokyo |
Shinjuku |
605,000 |
4% |
|
Nagoya |
Core CBD |
510,000 |
13% |
|
Tokyo |
Shibuya |
440,000 |
3% |
|
Fukuoka |
Fukuoka-Hakata: CBD |
325,000 |
35% |
|
Kobe |
CBD |
250,000 |
3% |
|
Yokohama |
CBD |
250,000 |
2% |
|
Sapporo |
CBD |
210,000 |
22% |
|
Hiroshima |
CBD |
130,000 |
26% |
|
Kyoto |
CBD |
110,000 |
1% |
|
Sendai |
CBD |
100,000 |
18% |
|
Kitakyushu |
Kokura CBD |
75,000 |
15% |
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Nagoya Core CBD includes part of Nakamura Ku |
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Fukuoka may have the highest CBD market share of any major urban area in the high-income world. |
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Estimated by Demographia based upon Japan Statistics Bureau 2001 data. |
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