Tokyo
People
With
a population density of 5,736 persons
per square kilometer, Tokyo
is one of the most densely populated
cities in the world. The population
of Tokyo City is 8,457,000,
while that of the Tokyo metropolitan
area is 12,544,000, which is 10%
of Japan's total population. B esides
the regular residents of the city,
a large number of people commute
to Tokyo everyday from nearby prefectures
to study or work, thus making Tokyo's
population by day much higher than
by night.
Tokyo
is overwhelmingly a mono-racial
society with 98% of the population
being Japanese, and the remaining
2% being Korean, Chinese, Philippine,
British, American, Brazilian, and
Peruvian. Most Japanese believe
in the purity of their race, but
latest investigations have revealed
that they are actually a mixture
of groups. This mix of Japanese
stock has been created over a long
period of time from different ethnic
groups – the Ainu , the
Jomon, and the Yayoi
. The Ainu are the
aboriginal people of Japan, the
Jomon had migrated from
North and Central Asia several thousands
years ago, and the Yayoi
came to Japan from the southern
part of the Korean Penisula around
400-300 BC.
The
people of Tokyo are mostly nice
and polite, though they may seem
distant due to the fact that they
usually like to keep to themselves.
Most know at least a little English
and are always willing to help foreigners
in any way they can.
