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14-648: The palace was originally built as the Imperial Palace for the Crown Prince ( 東宮御所 , Tōgū Gosho ) in 1909. Today the palace is designated by the Government of Japan as an official accommodation for visiting state dignitaries. Located in the Moto-Akasaka , Minato , Tokyo , the building took on its present function in 1974, having previously been an imperial detached palace. In 2009 the palace

28-766: A National Treasure of Japan . It was the first designation of assets after the Meiji Restoration as a National Treasure of Japan. Moto-Akasaka Moto-Akasaka ( 元赤坂 ) is a district in Tokyo , and a part of the Minato ward . Minato City Board of Education operates public elementary and junior high schools. Moto-Akasaka (1-2- chōme ) is zoned to Akasaka Elementary School (赤坂小学校) and Akasaka Junior High School (赤坂中学校). 35°40′41″N 139°43′52″E  /  35.67806°N 139.73111°E  / 35.67806; 139.73111 This Tokyo location article

42-412: A brief period, but it was too small for that purpose. It was decided in 1967 to renovate the former Akasaka Palace as the new state guest house. The renovation was led by architect Togo Murano , took more than five years and 10.8 billion yen, and was completed in 1974. The first official state guest at the renovated palace was Gerald Ford in 1974, which was the first visit of the incumbent President of

56-596: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 19th G7 summit The 19th G7 Summit was held in Tokyo , Japan , on July 7–9, 1993. The venue for the summit meetings was the State Guesthouse in Tokyo, Japan . The Group of Seven (G7) was an unofficial forum which brought together the heads of the richest industrialized countries: France , Germany , Italy , Japan , the United Kingdom ,

70-709: The Meiji Restoration , the Owari presented the land to the Imperial Household. Designed by the architect Katayama Tōkuma ( 片山 東熊 ) , who studied under Josiah Conder at the Imperial College of Engineering , the Neo-Baroque structure was constructed between 1899 and 1909 as a residence for the Crown Prince . Originally it was named Tōgū Palace (ja. lit. "Palace for the Crown Prince") but

84-582: The Meiji period . The palace is surrounded by a footpath unobstructed by road crossings. The footpath is approximately 3.25 km long (roughly 2 miles). The railway station nearest the Palace is Yotsuya Station . The territory that Akasaka Palace now occupies was part of the residence of Kishū Domain , one of the major branches ( gosanke ) of the ruling Tokugawa clan , during the Tokugawa period . After

98-557: The National Diet Library which was founded in 1948, Cabinet Legislation Bureau and Organizing Committee of Tokyo Olympics 1964 . As the post-war occupation of Japan after the Second World War ended and the country went back to the international stage, a State Guest House was needed. The former residence of Prince Asaka , currently Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum , was used as the state guest house for

112-650: The United States , Canada (since 1976), and the President of the European Commission (starting officially in 1981). The summits were not meant to be linked formally with wider international institutions; and in fact, a mild rebellion against the stiff formality of other international meetings was a part of the genesis of cooperation between France's president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and West Germany's chancellor Helmut Schmidt as they conceived

126-596: The United States to Japan. Since then, the palace has provided accommodations for state and official guests and a venue for international conferences, which have included the G7 summit meetings ( 1979 , 1986 and 1993 ) and APEC summits. The venue was closed from 2006 to 2009 for renovation, and was reopened in April 2009. In December 2009, the main building, the main gate and the garden with fountain were designated as

140-467: The current "core members" of the international forum: The summit was intended as a venue for resolving differences among its members. As a practical matter, the summit was also conceived as an opportunity for its members to give each other mutual encouragement in the face of difficult economic decisions. Issues which were discussed at this summit included: In 1993, the summit leaders called for an "international agreement" to "protect forests," but there

154-588: The first Group of Six (G6) summit in 1975. The G7 is an unofficial annual forum for the leaders of Canada, the European Commission, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. The 19th G7 summit was the first summit for US President Bill Clinton and the last summit for Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa . It was also the first and only summit for Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell and Italian Prime Minister Carlo Azeglio Ciampi . These summit participants are

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168-519: Was designated as a National Treasure of Japan . Location: Tokyo , Minato-ku , Moto-Akasaka-chome No. 1 The building has 15,000 m of floor space, and together with a smaller structure in the Japanese style, occupies a 117,000 m site. The main building is a Neo-Baroque style Western building, resembling in particular the Hofburg Palace . It is one of largest buildings constructed during

182-655: Was hit by the Great Kantō earthquake on September 1. During his residence in Akasaka Palace, Crown Prince Hirohito married, and fathered two daughters, Princess Sachiko (who died at the age of 6 months) and Princess Shigeko . After the Second World War , the Government of Japan relieved the Imperial Household of Akasaka Palace. Several governmental offices were installed in the palace, including

196-436: Was later renamed Akasaka Palace when the Crown Prince's residence was moved. Regent Crown Prince Hirohito resided at Akasaka Palace from September 1923 until September 1928, two months before his coronation. The move was intended to be temporary, but lasted five years. During the renovation of his contemporary residence, Hirohito intended to lodge temporarily at Akasaka Palace, moving in on August 28, 1923. Four days later, Japan

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