5/89Estimated market value of all real estate in Tokyo: $8,000,000,000,000

McKinsey & Co. (Tokyo)

    Estimated market value of all real estate and public corporations in the United States: $8,000,000,000,000

McKinsey & Co. (Tokyo)

11/88Number of American state governments that maintain offices in Tokyo: 39

U.S. Embassy (Tokyo)

10/91Maximum fine for parking illegally overnight in Tokyo: $1,400

Metropolitan Police Department (Tokyo)

5/91Size of one traffic jam in Tokyo last year, in miles: 84

Washington Report (St. Petersburg, Fla.)

6/01Holes of golf that Japan’s prime minister played after learning of February’s fatal collision of a fishing boat and a U.S. sub: 3

Embassy of Japan (Washington)