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27-454: Chiyoda is known as the economic center of Japan; the districts of Otemachi , Marunouchi and Yurakucho east of the palace (an area colloquially known as "Daimaruyu") house the headquarters of 19 Fortune 500 companies, is the source of roughly 10% of the combined revenue of all Japanese companies, and produced the equivalent of around a quarter of the country's GDP in 2017. With a day population of around 850,000, its day/night population ratio

54-493: A Yamanote district. Chiyoda has been a site of a number of historical events. At the tip of Musashino plateau , Chiyoda is located at the very heart of former Tokyo City in eastern mainland Tokyo. The central area of the ward is furthermore occupied by the Imperial Palace . The east side of the ward, bordering Chūō , is the location of Tokyo Station . The south side, bordering Minato , encompasses Hibiya Park and

81-478: A branch office in Chiyoda. At one point, Cantor Fitzgerald had an office in Chiyoda. Home to the massive Tokyo station with a multitude of subways, railways and long-distance services. As of 1 May 2003, Chiyoda has eight elementary schools, with 2,647 students, and five junior high schools with 1,123 students. Public elementary, junior high schools and Kudan Secondary School in Chiyoda are operated by

108-668: Is an area in Chiyoda , Tokyo , Japan , located between Tokyo Station and the Imperial Palace . The name, meaning "inside the circle", derives from its location within the palace's outer moat. Marunouchi is the core of Tokyo's central business district as well as one of the main financial centres in Japan. 20 of the Fortune Global 500 companies are headquartred in the area in 2021, while many other such companies based outside Japan have Asian or Japanese offices there. Together with

135-473: Is by far the highest of all municipalities in Japan. Tokyo Station , Tokyo's main inter-city rail terminal and the busiest train station in Japan in terms of scheduled trains, is also located in Chiyoda. Chiyoda is also the political center of the country. Chiyoda, literally meaning " field of a thousand generations", inherited the name from the Chiyoda Castle, the other name for Edo Castle , which

162-801: Is located in the National Center of Sciences in Hitotsubashi . Both of the Sophia University Campuses are in western Chiyoda. The main Yotsuya campus lies adjacent to Yotsuya Station and the Ichigaya Campus just south of Ichigaya Station . Globis University Graduate School of Management which is the largest business school in Japan is also located in Chiyoda. Hosei University , Meiji University , Senshu University , Nihon University and so on are located in

189-918: Is the site of the present-day Imperial Palace. With the seat of the Emperor in the Imperial Palace at the ward's center, many government institutions, such as the National Diet , the Prime Minister's Official Residence , the Supreme Court , ministries in Kasumigaseki , and agencies are also located in Chiyoda, as are Tokyo landmarks such as Yasukuni Shrine and the Nippon Budokan . Other notable neighborhoods of Chiyoda include Akihabara , Iidabashi and Kanda . The ward

216-621: Is the zoned elementary of Marunouchi 1-3 chōme . There is a freedom of choice system for junior high schools in Chiyoda Ward, and so there are no specific junior high school zones. Tokyo 1st district Tokyo 1st district (東京都第1区, Tōkyō-to dai-ikku or 東京1区, Tōkyō ikku ) is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It is located in eastern mainland Tokyo and covers central parts of

243-621: The Chiyoda City (the Chiyoda Ward) Board of Education  [ ja ] . Public high schools are operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education . There is a freedom of choice system for junior high schools in Chiyoda Ward, and so there are no specific junior high school attendance zones. Hitotsubashi University 's Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy

270-553: The Meiji Restoration , Marunouchi came under control of the national government, which erected barracks and parade grounds for the Imperial Japanese Army . In 1890 Iwasaki Yanosuke , brother of the founder (and later the second leader) of Mitsubishi , purchased the land for 1.5 million yen . As the company developed the land, it came to be known as Mitsubishi-ga-hara (the "Mitsubishi Fields"). Much of

297-603: The National Diet Building . It is almost exclusively occupied by administrations and agencies. The west and northwest are primarily upper class residential; the Yasukuni Shrine is also there. The "high lantern" of Kudanzaka slope was not originally built as a lighthouse, but was built as a lantern for the Shrine. Originally steep and with steps, the slope was considerably softened during remediation after

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324-596: The Kanto earthquake. To the north and northeast of the ward are several residential neighborhoods and the Akihabara commercial district. Chiyoda is run by a directly elected mayor and a city assembly of 25 elected members. The current mayor is Takaaki Higuchi. For the Metropolitan Assembly , Chiyoda forms a single-member electoral district. It had been represented by Liberal Democrats for 50 years until

351-1311: The Marunouchi Trust Tower Main. Konica Minolta has its headquarters in the Marunouchi Center Building in Marunouchi. Japan Airlines used to have its headquarters in the Tokyo Building in Marunouchi. Marunouchi also houses the Japan offices of Aeroméxico ( Pacific Century Place Marunouchi ), Bain & Company , Bayerische Landes Bank , Bloomberg , First National Bank of Boston , BT Group , Citigroup , Banca Commerciale Italiana , Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu , Bank of India , JPMorgan Chase , KPMG , Latham & Watkins , Mellon Bank , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius , Morrison & Foerster , NatWest Group , Nikko Cordial , Nikko Citigroup , Rabobank , Bank Negara Indonesia , Overseas Union Bank , Philadelphia National Bank , PricewaterhouseCoopers , Ropes & Gray , Royal Insurance , Standard Chartered Bank and Standard & Poor's . Chiyoda Board of Education  [ ja ] operates public elementary and junior high schools. Chiyoda Elementary School (千代田小学校)

378-773: The area. Chiyoda operates four public libraries; they are the Chiyoda Library, Yobancho Library, Shohei Library, and Kanda Library. Tokyo operates the Tokyo Metropolitan Library Hibiya Library. The Japanese government operates the National Diet Library and the National Archives . Ishikawa Enterprise Foundation Ochanomizu Library is a nearby private library. Several countries operate their embassies in Chiyoda. Marunouchi Marunouchi ( 丸の内 )

405-652: The former Edo Castle , opened to the public in 1968. Kitanomaru Park , located on Edo Castle's former northern section, has the Tokyo National Museum of Modern Art and the Nippon Budokan, a venue for performances. Chidorigafuchi Boat Arena and Chidorigafuchi Moat Path includes a waterway for boats. National Diet Building Park, located adjacent to the Diet Building and divided in two by a street, includes American dogwoods planted to symbolize

432-529: The former city of Tokyo . The district consists of the wards of Chiyoda (which includes the central government buildings ) and Shinjuku . As of 2016, 514,974 eligible voters were registered in the district. Before redistricting in 2022, the district included a part of Minato ward which is now in the 7th district . Before the electoral reform of 1994, the area had been part of Tokyo 1st district where three Representatives had been elected by single non-transferable vote . The two main candidates contesting

459-624: The land remains under the control of Mitsubishi Estate Co. , and the headquarters of many companies in the Mitsubishi Group are in Marunouchi. The government of Tokyo constructed its headquarters on the site of the former Kōchi han in 1894. They moved it to the present Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building in Shinjuku in 1991, and the Tokyo International Forum and Toyota Tsusho Corporation now stands on

486-419: The landslide 2009 election when then 26-year-old Democratic newcomer Zenkō Kurishita unseated 70-year-old former Metropolitan Assembly president and six term assemblyman, Liberal Democrat Shigeru Uchida. In the 2013 election , no Democrat contested the seat and Uchida won back the district against a Communist and two independents. The Tokyo Fire Department has its headquarters in Ōtemachi in Chiyoda. For

513-688: The location of several districts that cover at most a few buildings. Kanda-Hanaokachō is, for example, limited to the Akihabara Station and the Yodobashi Camera store. Understanding the address system in the Kanda area can be particularly troublesome for non-locals. The list below consists of the many smaller neighborhoods of the Kanda area, for which a modernization of the addressing system has not been enforced yet except Kanda-Sarugakuchō and Kanda-Misakichō. All officially start with

540-400: The national House of Representatives , Chiyoda, together with Minato and Shinjuku, forms the prefecture's 1st electoral district since the electoral reform of the 1990s. The single-seat constituency is currently represented by Liberal Democrat Miki Yamada . The ward is also home to the National Diet , the Supreme Court of Japan and the residence of the Prime Minister of Japan and is

567-410: The neighbouring districts of Yūrakuchō (有楽町) and Ōtemachi (大手町), Marunouchi is part of a larger business district sometimes referred to as Daimaruyū ( 大丸有 ). In 1590, before shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu entered Edo Castle , the area now known as Marunouchi was an inlet of Tokyo Bay and had the name Hibiya. With the expansion of the castle, this inlet was filled, beginning in 1592. A new outer moat

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594-401: The political nerve center of Japan . On December 31, 2001, Chiyoda had 6,572 buildings which were four stories or taller. Some of the districts in Chiyoda are actually not inhabited, either because they are parks (Hibiya Koen), because they consist only of office buildings (Otemachi or Marunouchi), and/or because they are extremely small. The area on the eastern side of Akihabara Station is

621-496: The prefix "Kanda-", but it is sometimes omitted in daily life. Iwamotochō and Kanda-Iwamotochō are different districts (as is the case for Kajichō and Kanda-Kajichō) Per Japanese census data, the population has almost doubled since 2000 after continuous decline. East Imperial Garden, located on the eastern portion of the Tokyo Imperial Palace grounds and housing the castle tower and the outer defense positions of

648-2115: The relations between the United States and Japan. Hibiya Park, Japan's first western-style park, includes restaurants, open-air concert halls, and tennis courts. Imperial Palace Outer Garden, in the front of Nijubashi Bridge, serves as a jogging trail and a tourist site. On October 1, 2001, Chiyoda had 36,233 business establishments with 888,149 employees. 0verflow , Asahi Glass , Bungeishunjū , Calbee , Creatures Inc. , Datam Polystar , DIC Corporation , Dowa Holdings , Furukawa Electric , HAL Laboratory , Hakusensha , Jaleco , The Japan FM Network Company , Japan Freight Railway Company , Japan Post Holdings , JFE Holdings , Kadokawa Corporation , KDDI , Konica Minolta , Kyowa Hakko Kirin , Lixil Group Corporation , Maeda Corporation , Mitsubishi Estate , MCDecaux , Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group , Mizuho Financial Group , Nabtesco , Nakano Corporation , New Otani , Nikken Sekkei , Nippon Cable , Nippon Flour Mills , Nippon Paper Industries , Nippon Soda , Nippon Suisan Kaisha , Nitto Boseki , NTT docomo , Orient Watch Company , Seibu Kaihatsu , Seven & i Holdings , Shin-Etsu Chemical , Shogakukan , Shueisha , SMC Corporation , Sony Music Entertainment Japan , Tanaka Kikinzoku Group , Toho , Toho Zinc , Tokio Marine Nichido , Tokuyama Corporation , Tokyo FM , Toppan Printing , Ushio, Inc. , Yamazaki Baking Company , Vie de France , YKK Group , and Yomiuri Shimbun are headquartered in Chiyoda. Mazda has an office in Chiyoda. Foreign companies with Japanese divisions in Chiyoda include Aeroméxico , AMI Japan (subsidiary of American Megatrends ), Chloé Japan , Hewlett-Packard Japan, LVMH , Ropes & Gray , Sidley Austin , Sunoco , and Swiss International Air Lines . Japanese companies which formerly had their headquarters in Chiyoda include All Nippon Airways , Bandai Visual , Galaxy Airlines , Japan Airlines , Japan Asia Airways , Mitsui Chemicals , Nippon Cargo Airlines , Taito , and Yamato Life . In 1998 Fujitsu operated

675-472: The site. Nearly a quarter of Japan's GDP is generated in this area. Tokyo Station opened in 1914, and the Marunouchi Building in 1923. Marunouchi was targeted in the 1974 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries bombing by the radical far-left terrorist organisation East Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front . Tokyo Station reopened on 1 October 2012 after a 5 year refurbishment. Calbee has its headquarters in

702-530: Was constructed, and the earlier moat became the inner moat. The area took the name Okuruwauchi ("within the enclosure"). Daimyōs , particularly shinpan and fudai , constructed their mansions here, and with 24 such estates, the area also became known as daimyō kōji ("daimyō alley"). The offices of the North and South Magistrates, and that of the Finance Magistrate, were also here. Following

729-457: Was formed in 1947 as a merger of Kanda and Kōjimachi wards following Tokyo City 's transformation into Tokyo Metropolis . The modern Chiyoda ward exhibits contrasting Shitamachi and Yamanote geographical and cultural divisions. The Kanda area is in the core of Shitamachi , the original commercial center of Edo-Tokyo. On the other hand, the western part of the Kōjimachi area typically represents

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