// COUNTRY_RANKINGS
Smart Cities in Japan
The 11 assessed smart cities in Japan, ranked against 86 evidence-based criteria from the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework — what each city verifiably has, not how it markets itself. Every score links to its public sources.
Cities ranked
11
Average score
43.7%
Top city
Sapporo
Top score
59.3%
| In JP | City | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sapporo | 59.3% |
| 2 | Saitama | 50.8% |
| 3 | Kobe | 50.4% |
| 4 | Osaka | 47% |
| 5 | Yokohama | 43.2% |
| 6 | Nagoya | 41.3% |
| 7 | Kawasaki | 40.1% |
| 8 | Fukuoka | 39.4% |
| 9 | Sendai | 37.4% |
| 10 | Kyoto | 37% |
| 11 | Tokyo | 34.6% |
How Japan's smart cities are ranked
Each of the 11 cities in Japan is assessed against the same 86 criteria as every other city worldwide, so the scores are directly comparable. AI agents gather evidence from official public sources and mark each criterion present, partial or absent — read more about how the assessment works.