is a residential and commercial district of

Minato, Tokyo is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is also called Minato City in English. It was formed in 1947 as a merger of Akasaka, Azabu and Shiba wards following Tokyo City's transformation into Tokyo Metropolis. The modern Minato ward exhibits t ...

, Japan, located west of the government center in

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and north of the

Roppongi is a district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan, famous for the affluent Roppongi Hills development area and popular night club scene. A few foreign embassies are located near Roppongi, and the night life is popular with locals and foreigners alike. It ...

district. Akasaka (including the neighboring area of Aoyama) was a ward of

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from 1878 to 1947, and maintains a branch office of the Minato City government.

Notable sites

Akasaka Sacas is a commercial complex in Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan, where the TBS Broadcasting Center and the site of the "Akasaka 5-chome TBS Development Project" stand. Overview Construction began in February 2005 and the buildings were completed in Ja ...

* Embassy of the United States,

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and

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as well as

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Ark Hills is a major office development by Mori Building Company in Minato, Tokyo. Completed in 1986, the complex includes the ANA InterContinental Tokyo Hotel, the ARK Mori Building (a 37-floor, almost mixed-use tower), the world-class Suntory Hall co ...

and Suntory Hall * Hikawa Shrine *

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- currently the tallest high-rise complex in Tokyo * Takahashi Korekiyo's residence and memorial park * Riki Mansion home of

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In neighbouring

Moto-Akasaka is a district in Tokyo, and a part of the Minato ward. Education Minato City Board of Education operates public elementary and junior high schools. Moto-Akasaka (1-2-chōme The Japanese addressing system is used to identify a specific loca ...

(literally "original Akasaka") to the North: *

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Companies based in Akasaka

* DefSTAR Records 4-5 Akasaka *

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5-3-1 Akasaka *

Epic Records Japan Epic Records Japan is a Japanese record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Its founder was Shigeo Maruyama. Between 1978 and 1988 the label operated as a wholly owned subsidiary: Epic/Sony Inc. () was established in August 1978

9-6-35 Akasaka *

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* Fuji XeroxFUJI XEROX Company Profile
" Fuji Xerox. Retrieved on July 12, 2010. * Hazama Ando *

Hudson Soft was a Japanese video game company that released numerous games for video game consoles, home computers and mobile phones, mainly from the 1980s to the 2000s. It was headquartered in the Midtown Tower in Tokyo Midtown, Akasaka, Minato, T ...

* JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization)-1-12-32 Akasaka *

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8-11-20 Akasaka * Ki/oon Records: Same as Epic Records Japan * Kaneka Corporation * Komatsu 2-3-6 Akasaka * Sigma Seven 2-16-8 Akasaka * Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings, Inc. 5-3-6 Akasaka ** Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc. **

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, Inc. **

BS-TBS is a Japanese satellite broadcasting station headquartered in Akasaka Gochome, Minato, Tokyo. Its channel name is BS-TBS (formerly, BS-i). It is a member television station of Japan News Network. Channels *Television: BS-TBS is assigned BS16 ...

, Inc. ** C-TBS, Inc. * Toraya Confectionery * Universal Music Japan LLC 8-5-30 Akasaka * Wa Group Japan 4-3-27 Akasaka *

Geneon Universal Entertainment (abbreviated as NBCUEJ) is a Japanese music, anime, and home entertainment production and distribution enterprise headquartered in Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo. It is primarily involved in the production and distribution of anime within Japan. The ...

5-2-20 Akasaka * WOWOW (Akasaka Park Building) Previously Jaleco Holding had its headquarters in the in Akasaka. The Japanese offices of the following are based in Akasaka: * Becton, Dickinson and Company 4-15-1 Akasaka *

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* Iran Air * ING 4-1 Akasaka * Milbank Tweed *

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* GlaxoSmithKline Japan

Subway stations

* Akasaka Station (

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Chiyoda Line The is a subway line owned and operated by Tokyo Metro in Tokyo, Japan. On average, the line carries 1,447,730 passengers daily (2017), the second highest of the Tokyo Metro network, behind the Tozai Line (1,642,378).Akasaka-mitsuke Station is a subway station in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro. Lines Akasaka-mitsuke Station is served by the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line and Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line, providing same-platform transfers between the ...

(Tokyo Metro: Ginza Line, Marunouchi Line, connected to Nagatacho Station via underpasses) * Nagatacho Station ( Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line, Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line, Tokyo Metro Namboku Line, connected to

Akasaka-mitsuke Station is a subway station in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro. Lines Akasaka-mitsuke Station is served by the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line and Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line, providing same-platform transfers between the ...

via passageways) *

Aoyama-itchōme Station is a subway station in Minato, Tokyo, Japan operated by Tokyo Metro and Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei). Lines Aoyama-itchome Station is served by the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line, and Toei Ōedo Line. ...

(Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line, Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, Toei Oedo Line) * Nogizaka Station (Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line) * Tameike-Sannō Station (Tokyo Metro: Ginza Line, Namboku Line, connected to Kokkai-gijidomae Station via passageways)

Education

Schools

Akasaka's public elementary and junior high schools are operated by the

Minato City Board of Education Minato (港 or 湊) is Japanese for 'harbor', and may refer to: Places * Minato, Tokyo or Minato City, a special ward in Tokyo, Japan * Minato-ku, Nagoya, a ward of Nagoya, Japan * Minato-ku, Osaka, a ward of Osaka, Japan * Minato (湊), a neig ...

in English, in Japanese). Akasaka 1-9-

chōme The Japanese addressing system is used to identify a specific location in Japan. When written in Japanese characters, addresses start with the largest geographical entity and proceed to the most specific one. When written in Latin characters, ad ...

are zoned to Akasaka Elementary School ( 赤坂小学校) and Akasaka Junior High School ( 赤坂中学校).

was operated by the

Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education (東京都教育委員会 ''Tōkyō-to Kyōiku Iinkai'') is the board of education in Tokyo, Japan. The board directly manages all of the public high schools in all 23 special wards, the Wester ...

. It closed down in March 2009. It reopened the next month as the Aoyama campus of

Third Junior & Senior High School of Nihon University was previously in Akasaka, but it moved to Machida in 1976. Akasaka_JunorHighschool.JPG, Akasaka Junior High School ( 赤坂中学校) Akasaka_Elementary_School.JPG, Akasaka Elementary School ( 赤坂小学校)

Libraries

The Akasaka Library has moved to a new building in 2007, near the Aoba Park and the Aoyama-itchōme subway station.

References

External links

* * {{Authority control Areas of Tokyo Districts of Minato, Tokyo