This is Asia's only entrant among world's 20 highest-performing cities

VNExpress - Oct 3, 2026

Japan's capital Tokyo is the only Asian city to rank among the world's 20 highest-performing cities in 2026, placing ninth globally in Oxford Economics's Global Cities Index.

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