So what makes the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Tower special? It's free! The nearly 800-foot-tall building houses two observatories (North and South observatory) that are the highest vantage ...

Changes in Tokyo’s population and the soaring number of high-rise buildings over the past 10 years prompted the metropolitan government to begin revising its damage estimate for a major quake ...

To accelerate this trend, Tokyo Metropolitan Government supports start-up companies such as those with cutting-edge technologies aiming to improve people's lives. New opportunities create growth ...

A 62-year-old man who has lived on the streets for a month near the Tokyo metropolitan government’s building in Shinjuku Ward said an apparent government official approached him on July 8 to ...

(Mainichi/Taisuke Shimabukuro) TOKYO -- The waterfront area of Chuo Ward in Japan's capital is crowded with office buildings ... The Tokyo Metropolitan Government, which owns the land, decided ...

But what needs to change before Tokyo becomes the top choice? And do the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the national government have the right policies in place to lead this psychological shift?