Tokyo Named "World's Safest City"

Above, a view of Tokyo looking towards Shibuya from the Tokyo City View in Roppongi. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

New Zealand's Stuff.co.nz reported that Tokyo is the "safest" city in the world according to the 2015 Safe Cities Index by The Economist.

They reported:

The index, which looks at digital security, health security, infrastructure safety and personal safety, ranks the Japanese capital ahead of Singapore second and Osaka third. European capitals Stockholm and Amsterdam complete the world's top five safest cities. 

Australia's most populous city, Sydney, just missed out the top five (by less than a point) coming in at number six in the Index. The habour city was followed by Zurich in seventh place and Toronto in eighth. The world's friendliest city and arguable Australia's "hippest" city, Melbourne, was named the ninth safest city in the world. 

Only one USA city made the top 10 in the Index; the city that never sleeps – New York – rounded off the top 10.

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