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Nagoya City ranked 2nd in Japan Power Cities 2025!
Sep 4, 2025
In Japan Power Cities 2025, a ranking of Japanese cities published on September 2 nd by the Mori Memorial Foundation, Nagoya ranked second among 136 cities (excluding Tokyo) for the second consecutive year.
Nagoya placed first in “Research and Development” for the fifth year in a row, and “Daily Life and Livability” for the second year in a row, while also retaining second place in “Accessibility,” and improving its ranking in “Economy and Business” to third place.
Japan Power Cities has been published annually since 2018, and ranks 136 designated cities, prefectural capitals, and other major Japanese cities, along with the 23 wards of Tokyo. The cities are evaluated based on six indices (Economy and Business, Research and Development, Cultural Interaction, Daily Life and Livability, Environment, and Accessibility), which are composed of 87 indicators in total.