With approximately 9.52 million inhabitants, Tokyo was Japan's most populous city as of 2021, followed by Yokohama, which, in the same year, counted about 3.76 million inhabitants. In total, there were twelve cities with a population of over one million people in Japan.
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Statistics Bureau of Japan. (November 1, 2023). Cities with more than one million inhabitants in Japan in 2021, by population (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 16, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/616602/japan-megacities/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. "Cities with more than one million inhabitants in Japan in 2021, by population (in millions)." Chart. November 1, 2023. Statista. Accessed September 16, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/616602/japan-megacities/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. (2023). Cities with more than one million inhabitants in Japan in 2021, by population (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 16, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/616602/japan-megacities/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. "Cities with More than One Million Inhabitants in Japan in 2021, by Population (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Nov 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/616602/japan-megacities/
Statistics Bureau of Japan, Cities with more than one million inhabitants in Japan in 2021, by population (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/616602/japan-megacities/ (last visited September 16, 2024)
Cities with more than one million inhabitants in Japan in 2021, by population (in millions) [Graph], Statistics Bureau of Japan, November 1, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/616602/japan-megacities/
