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Latest Worldwide Cost of Living Survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit again ranks Japan’s Tokyo and Osaka as the first and second most expensive cities in the world. Click through to see which other cities made the list.

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1. TokyoKIMIMASA MAYAMA/Reuters

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2. OsakaISSEI KATO/Reuters

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3. SydneyDANIEL MUNOZ/Reuters

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4. OsloSUZANNE PLUNKETT/Reuters

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5. MelbourneDAVE CALLOW/The Associated Press

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6. SingaporeTIM CHONG/Reuters

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7. ZurichMICHAEL BUHOLZER/Reuters

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8. ParisBENOIT TESSIER/Reuters

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9. CaracasFERNANDO LLANO/The Associated Press

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10. GenevaDENIS BALIBOUSE/Reuters

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