I recently thought about a number that sounds simply crazy. Tokyo's population is about 38 million people. Can you imagine? That's more than the entire population of France. Just one city.

When I first heard this, I couldn't believe it. But yes, it's true. Tokyo's population is so enormous that the city, in terms of residents, can compete with entire countries. For comparison, it's roughly one-third of the total population of the United States, concentrated in one metropolis.

And speaking of Japan as a whole, there are over 120 million people living there. So, a third of the country is practically Tokyo. The population of this city shows how densely organized life is in modern Japan.

This is not some science fiction or exaggeration. This is the reality of today. Tokyo's population continues to be one of the most impressive examples of urbanization in human history.