// CITY_ASSESSMENT
How smart is Tokyo?
Tokyo scores 34.6% against the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #275 of 386 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.
Smart score
34.6%
Rank
#275 / 386
Criteria present
20 / 86
Evidence coverage
46.5%
Tokyo's smart city score by area
6 present · 2 partial · 2 absent · 5 not assessed
4 present · 3 partial · 0 absent · 5 not assessed
0 present · 5 partial · 0 absent · 8 not assessed
1 present · 2 partial · 0 absent · 8 not assessed
1 present · 4 partial · 1 absent · 7 not assessed
4 present · 1 partial · 0 absent · 3 not assessed
4 present · 3 partial · 0 absent · 7 not assessed
Where Tokyo is strong
- ▸Culture, Tourism & Recreation
- ▸Public Transport & Real-Time Information
- ▸Open Data & Transparency
- ▸Food Security & Urban Agriculture
- ▸Disaster Risk & Resilience
Where the gaps are
- ▸Smart Traffic & Electric Vehicles
- ▸Public Safety & Emergency
- ▸Education & Digital Skills
- ▸Critical Infrastructure Resilience
- ▸Digital Government Services
Evidence highlights
Open Data & Transparency · Official open data portal
Tokyo operates an official open data catalog site (portal.data.metro.tokyo.lg.jp) for various metropolitan government data, and there is also a Public Transportation Open Data Center (odpt.org) that serves as a data collaboration platform for public transpo…
https://portal.data.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/Open Data & Transparency · High-value datasets published
Tokyo publishes high-value datasets including land use GIS data, green open data (GIS data), inundation forecast maps, and public transportation open data.
https://portal.data.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/Open Data & Transparency · Programmatic API access
The Public Transportation Open Data Center in Japan, which includes Tokyo's public transport data, allows users to access public transportation data via API specifications described on its developer site after registration.
https://www.odpt.org/Urban Data Platform & Digital Twin · 3D digital twin / city model
Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism leads Project PLATEAU, a national initiative to develop and open-source 3D city models and realize urban digital twins. A consumer-oriented VR space called 'Virtual Shinjuku' (a district in Tok…
https://www.mlit.go.jp/plateau/About this assessment
Tokyo was assessed against the 86 criteria of the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework on 2026-07-11 by AI agents gathering evidence from official public sources. Each criterion is marked present, partial or absent, and every finding links to where it was found. Scores refresh continuously as cities publish new evidence.