is a residential and commercial district of Minato, Tokyo

Minato, Tokyo

is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. As of 1 March 2008, it had an official population of 217,335 and a population density of 10,865 persons per km². The total area is 20.34 km².Minato hosts 49 embassies...

, located west of the government center in Nagatachō and north of the Roppongi

Roppongi

is a district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan, famous as home to the rich Roppongi Hills area and an active night club scene. Many foreign embassies are located in Roppongi, and the night life is popular with locals and foreigners alike...

 nightlife district.

Akasaka (including the neighboring area of Aoyama

Aoyama, Tokyo

is a neighborhood of Tokyo, located in the northeastern Minato Ward. During the Edo Period, Aoyama was home to various temples, shrines, and samurai residences. The name Aoyama derived from a samurai named Aoyama Tadanari who served the Tokugawa Shogunate and held his mansion in this area...

) was a ward

Wards of Japan

A is a subdivision of one of the cities of Japan that is large enough to have been designated by government ordinance. Wards are used to subdivide each city designated by government ordinance...

 of Tokyo City

Tokyo City

was a municipality in Japan and part of Tokyo-Fu which existed from May 1, 1889 until its merger with its prefecture on July 1, 1943. The historical boundaries of Tokyo City are now occupied by independent special wards...

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

Notable sites

• Akasaka Palace and State Guest House
• akasaka Sacas
  Akasaka Sacas
  is the area in Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan, where the TBS Broadcasting Center and the site of the "Akasaka 5-chome TBS Development Project" stand.- Overview :...
  
  
• Embassy of the United States, Mexico
  Mexico
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  , Cambodia
  Cambodia
  Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...
  
  , Canada
  Canada
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  , Iraq
  Iraq
  Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
  
  , Spain
  Spain
  Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
  
   and Syria
  Syria
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   as well as San Marino
• Ark Hills
  Ark Hills
  is a major office development by Mori Building in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Completed in 1986, the complex includes the ANA InterContinental Tokyo Hotel, the ARK Mori Building , the world-class Suntory Hall concert hall, a TV studio and several apartment buildings...
  
   and Suntory Hall
  Suntory Hall
  The Suntory Hall is a concert hall complex consisting of the "Main Hall" and the "Small Hall" located in the Ark Hills complex, near the U.S. Embassy and TV Asahi in the Akasaka district of northern Minato, a ward in Tokyo, Japan...
  
  
• Nogi Shrine
  Nogi Shrine
  Nogi Shrine was built in 1917 and dedicated to General Nogi Maresuke after his death. It is located in Tokyo, Japan.There, is celebrated as a Shinto kami. There are several Nogi Shrines in Japan.-References:* Official site*...
  
  
• Tokyo Midtown - currently the tallest high-rise complex in Tokyo
• Togu Palace
  Togu Palace
  Tōgū Palace is located in the Akasaka Estate in Akasaka, Tokyo, and is the official residence of Naruhito, Crown Prince of Japan, Masako, Crown Princess of Japan and their daughter Princess Toshi....
  
   Residence of the Crown Prince of Japan

Companies based in Akasaka

• DefSTAR Records
  DefSTAR Records
  , is a Japanese record label, a subsidiary of Sony Music Japan.-History:*1997 - Takashi Yoshida, the president of Warner Music Japan, founded the label as ....
  
  -4-5 Akasaka
• EMI Music Japan-5-3-1 Akasaka
• Epic Records Japan
  Epic Records
  Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...
  
  -9-6-35 Akasaka
• Fujifilm
  Fujifilm
  is a multinational photography and imaging company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.Fujifilm's principal activities are the development, production, sale and servicing of color photographic film, digital cameras, photofinishing equipment, color paper, photofinishing chemicals, medical imaging...
  
  
• Fuji Xerox
  Fuji Xerox
  is a joint venture partnership between the Japanese photographic firm Fuji Photo Film Co. and the American document management company Xerox to develop, produce and sell xerographic and document-related products and services in the Asia-Pacific region...
  
  
• Hudson Soft
  Hudson Soft
  , formally known as , is a majority-owned subsidiary of Konami Corporation is a Japanese electronic entertainment publisher headquartered in the Midtown Tower in Tokyo Midtown, Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, with an additional office in the Hudson Building in Sapporo. It was founded on May 18, 1973...
  
  
• JETRO
  JETRO
  is an independent government agency established by Japan Export Trade Research Organization as a nonprofit corporation in Osaka in February 1951, and reorganized as the Ministry of International Trade and Industry in 1958 to consolidate Japan's efforts in export promotion...
  
   (Japan External Trade Organization)-1-12-32 Akasaka
• Johnny & Associates
  Johnny & Associates
  is a talent agency formed by Johnny Kitagawa in 1962. Johnny & Associates trains and promotes groups of male idols, collectively known as , in Japan.-1962–1989:...
  
  -8-11-20 Akasaka
• Ki/oon Records
  Ki/oon Records
  is a Japanese record label, a subsidiary of Sony Music Japan.-Artists:Their artists include L'Arc-en-Ciel, Asian Kung-Fu Generation, FLOW, Home Made Kazoku, Puffy AmiYumi, Polysics, Pushim, chatmonchy, Denki Groove, The Babystars, DOES, Guitar Wolf, Miki Furukawa, Nico Touches the Walls, plingmin,...
  
  -same as Epic Records Japan
• Komatsu-2-3-6 Akasaka
• Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings, Inc.
  Tokyo Broadcasting System
  , TBS Holdings, Inc. or TBSHD, is a stockholding company in Tokyo, Japan. It is a parent company of a television network named and radio network named ....
  
  -5-3-6 Akasaka
  • Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc.
  • TBS Radio & Communications
    TBS Radio & Communications
    is the flagship radio station of Japan Radio Network in Tokyo, Japan. The company was founded by Tokyo Broadcasting System, Inc. on March 21, 2000...
    
    , Inc.
  • BS-TBS, Inc.
  • C-TBS, Inc.
• Toraya Confectionery
  Toraya Confectionery
  is a Japanese confectionery company. Its headquarters are in Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo.What would become Toraya was founded in the 1600s in Kyoto by Kurokawa Enchu.-External links:* *...
  
  
• Universal Music Japan LLC
  Universal Music Group
  Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...
  
  -8-5-30 Akasaka
• Geneon Universal Entertainment-5-2-20 Akasaka
• WOWOW
  WOWOW
  WOWOW was the first private satellite broadcasting and pay TV station in Japan. It has its headquarters on the 21st floor of the Akasaka Park Building in Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo...
  
   (Akasaka Park Building)

Previously Jaleco Holding

Jaleco

is a Japanese video game publisher and developer established in 2006.The original Jaleco Ltd was founded in 1974. In 2006, it decided to become a pure holding company by renaming itself Jaleco Holding and splitting its video game operations into a newly created subsdiary that took its former name...

 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
• Citigroup
  Citigroup
  Citigroup Inc. or Citi is an American multinational financial services corporation headquartered in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. Citigroup was formed from one of the world's largest mergers in history by combining the banking giant Citicorp and financial conglomerate...
  
  
• Clifford Chance
  Clifford Chance
  Clifford Chance LLP is a global law firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom and a member of the 'Magic Circle' of leading UK law firms. It is one of the ten largest law firms in the world measured by both number of lawyers and revenue...
  
  
• Iran Air
  Iran Air
  Iran Air , formally Airline of the Islamic Republic of Iran is the flag carrier airline of Iran, operating services to 60 destinations, 35 international and 25 domestic. The cargo fleet operates services to 20 scheduled and 5 charter destinations...
  
  
• ING
  ING Group
  The ING Group is a global financial institution offering retail banking, direct banking, commercial banking, investment banking, asset management, and insurance services. ING is the Dutch member of the Inter-Alpha Group of Banks, a cooperative consortium of 11 prominent European banks...
  
  -4-1 Akasaka
• Lenovo
• Milbank Tweed

Subway stations

• Akasaka Station
  Akasaka Station (Tokyo)
  is a Tokyo Metro station in the Akasaka district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan.The station is located adjacent to the headquarters of Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings, Inc...
  
   (Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line)
• Akasaka-mitsuke Station
  Akasaka-mitsuke Station
  is a Tokyo Metro station located in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.-Lines:The station is also connected by underground passageways to , which is served by the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line, Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line and Tokyo Metro Namboku Line, and it is possible to transfer between the two stations without...
  
   (Tokyo Metro: Ginza Line, Marunouchi Line)
• Nagatacho Station
  Nagatacho Station
  is a subway station on the Tokyo Metro network, located in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.It is connected by underground walkways to Akasaka-mitsuke Station on the Ginza Line and Marunouchi Line.-History:...
  
   (Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line)
• Aoyama-itchōme Station
  Aoyama-itchome Station
  is a subway station in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.- History :* November 18, 1938: Ginza Line station opens.* August 1, 1978: Hanzōmon Line station opens.* December 12, 2000: Ōedo Line station opens.-Station layout:...
  
   (Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line, Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, Toei Oedo Line)
• Nogizaka Station
  Nogizaka Station
  is a stop on the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line located in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Nogizaka Station opened on 20 October 1972.-Station layout:-Adjacent stations:-Surroundings:*Aoyama Cemetery*Aoyama Sougisho*Nogi Shrine*The National Art Center, Tokyo...
  
   (Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line)
• Tameike-Sannō Station
  Tameike-Sanno Station
  is a subway station in the Tokyo Metro network. It is located in the wards of Chiyoda and Minato .-History:The station opened on September 30, 1997 as the southern terminus of the Namboku Line...
  
   (Tokyo Metro: Ginza Line, Namboku Line)

Schools

Akasaka's public elementary and junior high schools are operated by the Minato City Board of Education (http://www.city.minato.tokyo.jp/kyoiku_e/index.html in English, http://www.city.minato.tokyo.jp/kyoiku/index.html in Japanese).

Akasaka High School http://www.akasaka-h.metro.tokyo.jp/ was operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education

Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education is the board of education in Tokyo, Japan. The board manages the individual school systems within the metropolis. The board also directly manages all of the public high schools in Tokyo...

. It closed down in March 2009.