Subject(s): Metropolitan areas -- Cities and towns in Asia -- Metropolitan areas in Asia -- Global-Asia pacific functional linkage -- Global restructuring and emerging urban corridors in pacific area -- International transport and communication -- Japanese urban system -- Tokyo in global economy -- Global city -- Globalisation, Globalization -- Urban trends -- Jabotabek and globalization -- Singapore-Johore-Riau growth triangle : emerging extended metropolitan regions -- Hong Kong -Zhujiang delta and the world city system -- Urban system in North-East Asia