Top 5 Financial Centers/Cities of The World

4) Tokyo

GFCI rating: 747

The market cap of the Tokyo stock exchange: US$5.6 trillion

From the ruins of World War 2, Japan rose to become one of the major economies of the world. Today, its capital, Tokyo, serves as one of the most strategically important global financial centers in the world. Tokyo stock exchange is the 4th largest in the world in terms of market capitalization and a total of 2,292 companies are listed in it. Tokyo is the largest urban economy by GDP, and the most populous city in the world with more than 37.393 million residents. It hosts 36 of the Fortune 500 companies and is a center of finance, research, and development.