travelThe Dark Side of Tokyo

Tokyo, the capital of Japan, is the quintessential “mega city.” Not only is it the world’s largest metropolitan area, but it is almost entirely responsible for making Japan the <a href="https://wisevoter.com/country-rankings/largest-economies-in-the-world/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">third-largest</a> economy in the world. And while this all sounds great, we’re only scratching the surface of what’s going on in this futuristic metropolis. Because there’s a dark side to Tokyo. And while it may be the economic sail moving Japan forward today, it could soon become the anchor that brings it to a grinding halt. Around the same time the pilgrims were arriving in the United States, Tokyo was nothing more than a small fishing village called Edo. However, when it was named the country’s de facto capital in the early 1600s, it soon flourished into a bustling,  <a href="https://medium.com/@readveracity/the-dark-side-of-tokyo-77f574cbb2ec">Read More</a>