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Here is the rating of the British Monocle magazine that lists twenty of the best world cities to live in. The honored third place got the capital of Japan - Tokyo, the first place went to Copenhagen, Denmark and the second place took the last year leader - Munich, Germany.

The main criteria that have been used in the selection - were the living conditions, transport networks, social services, business perspectives and some other aspects.

The Japanese cities have appeared to be the only ones from all the Asian that are included in the list. Beside Tokyo, the rating lists also Fukuoka (17-th place) that got also the title of the world center of retail trade and Kyoto (20-th place).

Currently about 36 million people live in Tokyo. This is the most populated city in the world. An family with an average income spends 23% of the income for the nutrition, 10% for the transport and leisure, 6% for clothes and home gadgets and 7% for the housing.

The Tokyo citizens as well as the citizens of the other Japanese cities, have significant privileges. They enjoy the benefits of the lifetime employment. It guarantees career progress and ensures the future: the earnings of the employee depends on his age and years of work experience and the companies can fire the staff only if they declare their bankruptcy.

The business perspectives in the Japanese capital, as well as in the whole Japan - are constantly expanding and it attracts a lot of foreign investor's interest. A new business quarter with full infrastructure is being built in Tokyo. Tax benefits and simplified construction rules are planned for companies that are planning their business in this district.

Tokyo has also great higher education achievements. The capital is famous for it's universities. The main of them - the Tokyo university has yearly benefit programs for the students. For example, in this year the university has canceled the tuition fees for some categories of students if their family income is less than 4 million yen (about 40 thousands dollars).

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Article Submitted On: July 2, 2008