It's just that over ~~90% (i think)~~ 30% of Japans population lives there. So the claim that they have the oldest people in the world makes it funny when most of their population lives in a city that is probably not that healthy to live in.

I mean Tokyo is probably the best Mega city on the planet so it ain't that bad for sure.

[–] Soulg@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Ok but Google says that 10% of Japanese live in Tokyo, which is still massive but 90% is a ridiculous stretch

[–] Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Maybe he's referring to the greater Tokyo Metropolitan area? Sounds more plausible at least since it's absolutely massive. Def not for just Tokyo city.

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

The Greater Tokyo Metropolitan area has a population of 37 million while the country has a population of 125.7 million. While an impressively large percentage, it’s still less than a third (29.4%) of the population of Japan proper.

[–] Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago

Fair enough and also insane. Shout out to their public transit there. I stayed there for a couple weeks and it was amazing how easy it was for me to do whatever I wanted without worrying about how to get to places.

[–] Johanno@feddit.de 1 points 8 months ago

Ok I was too lazy to look it up but just remembered that Tokyo had a big part of the population.