Fortune Global 500 companies based in Tokyo, Japan 2020, by revenue
Scarce office space
The population of the Greater Tokyo Area is home to more than 37 million people and despite high rents has attracted many companies to set up their headquarters there. This has led to tight supply-demand conditions and a low annual average vacancy rate for office space. However, some building completions in recent years added supply to the office market in Tokyo. The total office space in the Tokyo Metropolitan area amounted to nearly 14 thousand hectares as of 2019.
How to keep up with Hong Kong and Singapore
Although Tokyo is not only popular among Japanese companies, but also among global companies, it has recently been struggling to compete with even more attractive Asian cities, such as Singapore or Hong Kong. Possible measures to satisfy the world’s business elites include improving Tokyo’s infrastructure, simplifying procedures for setting up businesses and inviting competitive international schools.