Tokyo scores 8.1/10 on overall safety. V-Dem rates Japan 82/100 on how equally social groups are treated in law, but institutional equality and street-level experience can differ. Here's what the data and real reviews say.
Tokyo scores 8.1/10 overall, in the safe range. Most travelers report few problems; the usual care in crowded tourist spots is enough.
V-Dem (University of Gothenburg) rates Japan at 82/100 on how equally social and ethnic groups are treated in civil liberties, in the higher range. This is a structural indicator of institutional equality, not a measure of day-to-day experiences, so read it alongside the reviews from Black travelers below.
There is no global index of how safe a city is specifically for Black travelers, and we won't invent one. This page combines the city's overall safety score, a structural equality indicator from V-Dem, and, where Black travelers have reviewed Tokyo, their own words. Together they give a fuller, honest picture than any single number.
Every score on this page comes from official indicators and the safety model, not from AI-generated text. Where travelers who share your profile have reviewed Tokyo, you'll find their words below. Last reviewed 2026.
Sources: Georgetown WPS Index, Equaldex, UNESCO, World Bank, OpenStreetMap (ODbL), Wikidata (CC0) and MapSur community reviews. How we score
Social-group equality data: Social group equality in civil liberties (v2clsocgrp), v16, V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), University of Gothenburg, via Our World in Data. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; values normalized by MapSur. Source.
Recent reviews of Tokyo from the MapSur community.
Je suis allée à Tokyo en décembre 2025, et je m’y suis sentie globalement très en sécurité, même avec une amie et tard le soir. Les transports sont propres, bien organisés, et l’ambiance est beaucoup …
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Tokyo scores 8.1/10 on general safety (crime, all visitors). That number doesn't capture racism specifically, so for Black travelers it's a starting point, not the answer. The structural equality indicator and the reviews from Black travelers on this page fill that gap.
It's V-Dem's measure of how equally social and ethnic groups are treated in civil liberties in Japan (82/100). It reflects laws and institutions, not day-to-day street experiences, which is why the reviews from Black travelers on this page matter alongside it.
