So are Canadian cities.
You would need around 4,695.08$ (639,705.45¥) monthly in Tokyo to maintain the same standard of life that you can have with 8,700.00$ in New York, NY un 2022 .
When I came to Japan in 1985 Tokyo was much more expensive than NYC and gasoline was 3 times more expensive here . Now gasoline prices in US and Japan are about the same .