Saturday, July 26, 2025

Tokyo Is No Longer The World’s Safest City

Every second year since 2015, the Economist Intelligence Unit has released a Safe Cities Index that calculates the world’s safest city based on five pillars of urban security.

Tokyo Tops List Of Most Expensive Cities For 2012

Every year, investment consulting firm Mercer releases its list of the most expensive cities in the world. Last year, Luanda (the capital city of Angola) held the top spot, but this year sees Tokyo taking over as the most expensive city in the world. See the full top ten list after the jump.

Japan Opens World’s Tallest Tower

Japan just opened its tallest tourist attraction yet, the much-anticipated 634 metre tall Skytree tower in Tokyo. It took four years to build, cost 65 million Yen to make, is about twice as tall as the Eiffel Tower, just beats out the 600m tall Canton Tower in China, and even survived the devastating earthquakes that rocked Japan about a year ago, barely denting its construction schedule.

Japan’s Eco-Friendly Christmas Lights [PICS]

It’s the Year of Setsuden in Japan, which Google tells me means “saving electricity'”; this means that the lavish Christmas illuminations that Tokyo usually sets up are a little hard to justify. Minna no Illumi has found a pretty neat solution to the problem, though, with an entirely biodiesel-powered display.