Paris global city?

[Mr.Falcon]

Paris seems to be a lot more influentional than Tokio to me.

[fellowjoe]

Originally Posted by french user

Paris, in demagraphic weight and cultural and economic importance is very comparable to London. The difference is that Paris is culturally french. that many anglophone thinks that only anglo cities are important because they don't have contact with global french culture.

What about Tokyo then?

It is culturally non-Anglophone as well. So why is Paris not often considered in the same tier as them?

[Greysholic]

Originally Posted by lukas1973

I would never count Tokyo as a global city. In my opinion a global city should have an outstanding culturally diversity. But Tokyo is quite the opposite. A global city should have many visiting guests from all over the world. It should have an airport with many international guests. Japan is for me a very isolated country. It was in the past a very important export country, but that has changed. It doesn't participate in trade like other countries.

Tokyo Narita is the world's 8th busiest airport by cargo traffic, busier than Frankfurt and Paris CDG. Tokyo Haneda is the world's 4th busiest airport by passenger traffic, again busier than Frankfurt, Paris CDG, and London Heathrow. Japan is also the the world's 5th largest exporter and importer.

Maybe I have such a view, because Japan is so far away I would describe Japan more like a monastery island

Exactly.

Originally Posted by Mr.Falcon

Paris seems to be a lot more influentional than Tokio to me.

In Asia Pacific, Tokyo is far more influential than Paris is. Not that Paris isn't influential, but it's seen as some sort of fantasy land in many Asians' eyes.

Singapore is important economically, but culturally there's very, very little to write home about, barely anything really, while Tokyo has tremendous cultural output. Politically Singapore is also not that powerful. Singapore only has like 40 diplomatic missions overseas, even an international orphan like Taiwan has twice as many.

[JedlaRoche]

Tokyo is by far the most influential city in Eastern Asia. We all know plenty of Japanese multinationals from there, we all often come across Japanese culture (food, culture, movies and TV show, music, and so on) even if we don't like it. Only Pekin, Seoul or Shanghai can compete. But exactly like Paris its influence is mostly regional. Tokyo shines in Eastern Asia and the Pacific. Paris in Europe, some of the Middle East and Africa.
Technically both are global city. They just don't compete one against the other like Paris vs London or Tokyo vs Seoul.