, known as Chiyoda City in English,
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, Japan. Located in the heart of Tokyo's 23 special wards, Chiyoda consists of the Imperial Palace and a surrounding radius of about a kilometer (1000 yards), and is known as the political and financial center of Japan. As of October 2020, the ward has a population of 66,680, and a population density of 5,709 people per km² (14,786 per sq. mi.), making it by far the least populated of the special wards. The residential part of Chiyoda is at the heart of

Yamanote and are traditional names for two areas of Tokyo, Japan. Yamanote refers to the affluent, upper-class areas of Tokyo west of the Imperial Palace.Iwanami Japanese dictionary, 6th Edition (2008), DVD version While citizens once considered it as ...

, Tokyo's traditional upper-class residential area, with

Banchō is an area in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, consisting of the six "-banchō" districts, to , as well as parts of Kudanminami and Kudankita, and Fujimi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Fujimi. The Banchō area is located to the west of the Tokyo Imperial Palace, Imp ...

Kōjimachi is a district in Chiyoda, Tokyo. History Prior to the arrival of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the area was known as . The area developed as townspeople settled along the Kōshū Kaidō. In 1878, the Kōjimachi area became , a ward of the city of Tokyo. ...

, and Kioichō considered the most exclusive neighbourhoods in the entire city. The total area is 11.66 km² (4½ sq. mi.), of which the Imperial Palace,

Hibiya Park Hibiya Park (, ) is a park in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It covers an area of 161,636.66 m2 (40 acres) between the east gardens of the Kōkyo, Imperial Palace to the north, the Shinbashi district to the southeast and the Kasumigaseki government distri ...

, National Museum of Modern Art, and

Yasukuni Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Chiyoda, Tokyo. It was founded by Emperor Meiji in June 1869 and commemorates those who died in service of Empire of Japan, Japan, from the Boshin War of 1868–1869, to the two Sino-Japanese Wars, First Sino-Japane ...

take up approximately 2.6 km² (1 sq. mi.), or 22%. Chiyoda is known as the economic center of Japan; the districts of Otemachi,

Marunouchi Marunouchi () is an area in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, located between Tokyo Station and the Kokyo, Imperial Palace. The name, meaning "inside the circle", derives from its location within the palace's outer moat. Marunouchi is the core ...

and Yurakucho east of the palace (an area colloquially known as "Daimaruyu") house the headquarters of 19

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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 is by far the highest of all municipalities in Japan.

Tokyo Station Tōkyō Station (, ) is a major railway station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The original station is located in Chiyoda's Marunouchi business district near the Tokyo Imperial Palace, Imperial Palace grounds. The newer Eastern extension is not far ...

, Tokyo's main

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terminal and the busiest train station in Japan in terms of scheduled trains, is also located in Chiyoda. Diet of Japan Kokkai 2009

Chiyoda is also the political center of the country. Chiyoda, literally meaning "

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of a thousand generations", inherited the name from the Chiyoda Castle, the other name for

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, which is the site of the present-day Imperial Palace. With the seat of the

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in the Imperial Palace at the ward's center, many government institutions, such as the

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, the

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, the

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ministries Ministry may refer to: Government * Ministry (collective executive), the complete body of government ministers under the leadership of a prime minister * Ministry (government department), a department of a government Religion * Christian mi ...

Kasumigaseki Kasumigaseki (霞が関, 霞ヶ関 or 霞ケ関) is a district in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Chiyoda, Tokyo. Most government ministries are located in the neighbourhood, making its name a metonym for the Civil service of Japan, Japanese bureaucracy, while Nag ...

, and agencies are also located in Chiyoda, as are Tokyo landmarks such as Yasukuni Shrine and the

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. Other notable neighborhoods of Chiyoda include

Akihabara is a neighborhood in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, Japan, generally considered to be the area surrounding Akihabara Station (nicknamed ''Akihabara Electric Town''). This area is part of the and Kanda-Sakumachō districts of Chiyoda. There is an ...

Iidabashi is a district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It was in the former ward of Kōjimachi, which existed in Tokyo until 1947. Etymology Iidabashi is named after a nearby bridge A bridge is a structure built to Span (engineering), span a physical o ...

and Kanda. The ward was formed in 1947 as a merger of Kanda and

wards following

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's transformation into Tokyo Metropolis. The modern Chiyoda ward exhibits contrasting

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geographical and cultural divisions. The Kanda area is in the core of

Shitamachi and are traditional names for two areas of Tokyo, Japan. Yamanote refers to the affluent, upper-class areas of Tokyo west of the Imperial Palace.Iwanami Japanese dictionary, 6th Edition (2008), DVD version While citizens once considered it as ...

, the original commercial center of Edo-Tokyo. On the other hand, the western part of the Kōjimachi area typically represents a Yamanote district.

History

Chiyoda has been a site of a number of historical events. *In 1860, the assassination of

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took place outside the Sakurada Gate of the Imperial Palace. *In 1932, assassins attacked and killed prime minister

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. *In 1936, an attempted coup d'état, the February 26 Incident, occurred. *In 1960, Socialist Party leader

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was assassinated in Hibiya Hall. *In 1995, members of

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carried out the

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Geography

At the tip of

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, 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

. The south side, bordering Minato, encompasses

and the

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. It is almost exclusively occupied by administrations and agencies. The west and northwest are primarily upper class residential; the

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 the Kanto earthquake. To the north and northeast of the ward are several residential neighborhoods and the

commercial district.

Politics and government

Local government

Chiyoda is run by a directly elected mayor and a city assembly of 25 elected members. The current

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is Takaaki Higuchi.

Metropolitan representation

For the Metropolitan Assembly, Chiyoda forms a single-member electoral district. It had been represented by Liberal Democrats for 50 years until 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

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has its headquarters in

Ōtemachi is a district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It is located north of Tokyo Station and Marunouchi, east of the Imperial Palace, west of Nihonbashi and south of Kanda. It is the location of the former site of the village of Shibazaki, the most an ...

in Chiyoda.

National representation

For the national

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, 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

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Miki Yamada. The ward is also home to the

, the

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and the residence of the

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and is the political nerve center of

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Cityscape

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 an interchange railway station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It is at the center of the Akihabara shopping district specializing in electronic goods. Lines Akihabara Station is served by the following lines. JR East: * Tōhoku Main Line ** Ke ...

is the location of several districts that cover at most a few buildings. Kanda-Hanaokachō is, for example, limited to the

and the

Yodobashi Camera is a major Japanese retail chain specializing in electronics, PCs, cameras and photographic equipment. Yodobashi Camera's sales rank fourth among consumer electronics mass retailers in Japan, after Yamada Denki, Bic Camera, and K's Holdin ...

store. Understanding the address system in the Kanda area can be particularly troublesome for non-locals.

Districts and neighborhoods

Kōjimachi area

*, former Kōjimachi Ward (Kōjimachi-ku) ** Kojimachi, a former merchant area along the Shinjuku-Dori avenue, upper-class residential with a couple of offices. Home to the Portuguese, Irish and Belgian embassies. ** The

area (nowadays consisting of six neighborhoods, from Ichibancho to Rokubanchō, and historically including Fujimi as well as the western sides of Kudanminami and

Kudankita is a district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, consisting of four ''Japanese addressing system, chōme''. It was a part of the former ward of Kōjimachi. As of March 1, 2007, its population is 1,404. Kudankita is a luxury and prestigio ...

), an upper class residential area, home of the embassies of Belgium, Paraguay, Luxembourg, the UK, Israel and the

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. ** Chiyoda - "1-1 Chiyoda, Chiyoda-ku" is the official address of the Imperial Palace ** Fujimi, location of the Residence of the Philippine Ambassador to Tokyo,

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, as well as several educational facilities ** Hayabusachō - Houses the

and the National Theater ** Hibiya Kōen - Address for

, a large park south of the Imperial Palace ** Hirakawachō, a mix between residences and medium side offices **

- The nerve center of Japan's administrative agencies ** Kioichō - The name, ki-o-i, is a three-kanji acronym consisting of one kanji each from the names of the

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Owari Domain The Owari-Han, also known as the Owari Domain, was a significant feudal domain in Tokugawa shogunate, Japan during the Edo period. Situated in the western region of what is now Aichi Prefecture, it covered portions of Owari Province, Owari, Mino ...

, and

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, whose daimyō residences were here during the

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Kitanomaru Park is a public park in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Chiyoda, central Tokyo, Japan, just north of the Tokyo Imperial Palace. It is the location of the Nippon Budokan indoor sports and performance venue, the Science Museum, and the National Museum of Modern Art, T ...

, North of the imperial palace, location of the

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** Kōkyo Gaien - large open gardens in front of the Imperial palace ** Kudanminami and

() districts, around the station of Kudanshita - Northwest side of the Imperial Palace, home to

. It is a prestigious residential and business zone. **

- Located between

and the Imperial Palace, one of Tokyo's traditional commercial centers ** Nagatachō - The location of the

; also houses the Hie Shrine **

- North of Marunouchi, a district of key financial Japanese institutions and major national newspapers **

Uchisaiwaichō is a district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, at the south-east corner of the ward bordering with Chūō and Minato. Uchisaiwaichō Station on the Toei Mita Line is located in the area. Parts of the Hibiya Station and Shimbashi Station are also located ...

, close to the Hibiya Park, location of the Imperial Hotel, as well as head offices of banks (especially

Mizuho Financial Group The , known from 2000 to 2003 as Mizuho Holdings and abbreviated as MHFG or simply Mizuho, is a Japanese banking holding company headquartered in the Ōtemachi district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The group was formed in 2000-2002 by merger of Dai- ...

). **

Yūrakuchō is a business district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, situated in between the Ginza and Hibiya Park, southeast of the Tokyo Imperial Palace. The district takes its name from Oda Nagamasu (1547–1622), who was also known as Yūraku (有楽). Oda Naga ...

- South of Marunouchi, part of the Tokyo Station business district.

Kanda area

*. Soto-Kanda, at the northern corner of the ward, home to the famous

electronics district. *

Uchi-Kanda is a district in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. As of March 1, 2008, its population is 1,277. The Uchi-Kanda district is located in the northern part of Chiyoda, to the west of Kanda Station (Tokyo), Kanda Station. It is bordered on the south by the Niho ...

Soto-Kanda is a neighborhood in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, Japan, generally considered to be the area surrounding Akihabara Station (nicknamed ''Akihabara Electric Town''). This area is part of the and Kanda-Sakumachō districts of Chiyoda. There is an a ...

* Nishi-Kanda * Higashi-Kanda * Iwamotochō * Kajichō * Hitotsubashi 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 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) * Kanda-Aioichō * Kanda-Awajichō * Kanda-Izumichō * Kanda-Iwamotochō * Kanda-Ogawamachi * Kanda-Kajichō * Kanda-Kitanorimonochō * Kanda-Konyachō * Kanda-Sakumagashi * Kanda-Sakumachō * Kanda-Sarugakuchō * Kanda-Jinbōchō * Kanda-Sudachō * Kanda-Surugadai * Kanda-Tachō * Kanda-Tsukasamachi * Kanda-Tomiyamachō * Kanda-Nishikichō * Kanda-Nishifukudachō * Kanda-Neribeichō * Kanda-Hanaokachō * Kanda-Higashikonyachō * Kanda-Higashimatsushitachō * Kanda-Hirakawachō * Kanda-Matsunagachō * Kanda-Mikurachō * Kanda-Misakichō * Kanda-Mitoshirochō

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population has almost doubled since 2000 after continuous decline.

Attractions

* Imperial Palace *

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Tokyo Takarazuka Theater is another home for Takarazuka Revue, Takarazuka Creative Arts in Yurakucho, Chiyoda ward, Tokyo. It served as the second round performing theater for the Revue's performing cycle. The original theater was built in 1934. It was taken over by the ...

Parks and recreation

East Imperial Garden, located on the eastern portion of the

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grounds and housing the castle tower and the outer defense positions of the former

, opened to the public in 1968.

, 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

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s planted to symbolize 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.

Points of historical interest

Image:九段下灯台Kudanshita.jpg, ''Kudan'' lighthouse Image:Kanda Matsuri 2009-1 in Akihabara.jpg, Kanda Festival

Economy

On October 1, 2001, Chiyoda had 36,233 business establishments with 888,149 employees.

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, Asahi Glass,

Bungeishunjū is a Japanese publishing company known for its leading monthly magazine '' Bungeishunjū''. The company was founded by Kan Kikuchi in 1923. It grants the annual Akutagawa Prize, one of the most prestigious literary awards in Japan, as well a ...

Calbee is a Japanese snack food maker. It was founded on 30 April 1949, and its headquarters are located in the Marunouchi Trust Tower Main in Marunouchi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Chiyoda, Tokyo. It launched operations at a new plant in the United States for ...

, Creatures Inc., Datam Polystar,

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, Dowa Holdings, Furukawa Electric,

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Japan Post Holdings is a Japanese publicly traded Conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered in Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Chiyoda, Tokyo. It is mainly engaged in postal and logistics business, financial window business, banking business and life insura ...

JFE Holdings is a corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It was formed in 2002 by the merger of and and owns JFE Steel, JFE Engineering and Japan Marine United. JFE is from Japan, Fe (the chemical element symbol of iron) and Engineering. In 2020, i ...

Kadokawa Corporation , formerly is a Japanese Conglomerate (company), conglomerate based in Fujimi, Chiyoda, Tokyo. Created as a result of the merger of the original Kadokawa Corporation and Dwango (company), Dwango Co., Ltd. on October 1, 2014, the company has ...

KDDI () is a Japanese telecommunications operator. It was established in 2000 through the merger of , , and . In 2001, it merged with a subsidiary named Au, which was formed through the merger of seven automotive and mobile phone companies from t ...

Konica Minolta is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational technology company headquartered in Marunouchi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Chiyoda, Tokyo, with offices in 49 countries worldwide. The company manufactures business and industrial imaging products, in ...

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, Lixil Group Corporation,

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, MCDecaux,

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, Nabtesco,

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Seibu Kaihatsu was a Japanese manufacturer of arcade games. The company was founded in 1982 in video gaming, 1982 at Chiyoda, Tokyo, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan as , but changed to its current name sometime in 1984. It is currently owned by Hitoshi Hamada. One ...

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, Shin-Etsu Chemical,

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Shueisha is a Japanese publishing company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Shueisha is the largest publishing company in Japan. It was established in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The ...

, SMC Corporation,

Sony Music Entertainment Japan , often abbreviated as SMEJ or simply SME, and also known as Sony Music Japan for short (stylized as ''SonyMusic''), is a Japanese music arm for Sony. Founded in 1968 as CBS/Sony, SMEJ is directly owned by Sony, Sony Group Corporation and is ...

, Tanaka Kikinzoku Group,

Toho is a Japanese entertainment company that primarily engages in producing and distributing films and exhibiting stage plays. It is headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, and is one of the core companies of the Osaka-based Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group. ...

, Toho Zinc,

Tokio Marine Nichido , commonly called Tokio Marine Nichido, is a property/casualty insurance subsidiary of Tokio Marine Holdings, the largest non-mutual private insurance group in Japan. Tokio Marine Holdings was formerly known as Millea Group, which underwent a n ...

, Tokuyama Corporation,

Tokyo FM (abbreviation:TFM) is a radio station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It is the flagship station of the Japan FM Network (JFN). Timeline The station's forerunner, FM Tokai (FM東海, abbreviated FMT), owned by Tokai University, was launched on ...

, Toppan Printing, Ushio, Inc., Yamazaki Baking Company, Vie de France,

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, and

Yomiuri Shimbun The is a Japanese newspaper published in Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Fukuoka, and other major Japanese cities. It is one of the five major newspapers in Japan; the other four are ''The Asahi Shimbun'', the ''Chunichi Shimbun'', the ''Ma ...

are headquartered in Chiyoda.

Mazda is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Fuchū, Hiroshima (town), Fuchū, Hiroshima Prefecture, Hiroshima, Japan. The company was founded on January 30, 1920, as Toyo Cork Kogyo Co., Ltd. ...

has an office in Chiyoda.

Foreign operations

Foreign companies with Japanese divisions in Chiyoda include

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, AMI Japan (subsidiary of American Megatrends), Chloé Japan,

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Japan,

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, Ropes & Gray,

Sidley Austin Sidley Austin LLP is an American multinational corporation, multinational law firm with approximately 2,300 lawyers in 21 offices worldwide. It was established in 1866 and its headquarters is at One South Dearborn in Chicago's Chicago Loop, Loo ...

Sunoco Sunoco LP is an American master limited partnership organized under Delaware General Corporation Law, Delaware state law and headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Dating back to 1886, the company has transformed from a vertically integrated energy ...

, and

Swiss International Air Lines Swiss International Air Lines AG, stylized as SWISS, is the flag carrier of Switzerland and a subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group, as well as a Star Alliance member. It operates scheduled services in Europe and to North America, South America, ...

Former operations

Japanese companies which formerly had their headquarters in Chiyoda include

All Nippon Airways (ANA) is a Japanese airline headquartered in Minato, Tokyo. ANA operates services to both domestic and international destinations and is Japan's largest airline, ahead of its main rival flag carrier Japan Airlines. the airline has approximate ...

Bandai Visual was a Japanese anime, film production, and distribution company, established by Bandai and a subsidiary of Bandai Namco Holdings. They focused mainly in international distribution of anime properties in North America. Most of the anime and ...

, Galaxy Airlines,

Japan Airlines Japan Airlines (JAL) is the flag carrier airline of Japan. JAL is headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. Its main hubs are Tokyo's Narita International Airport, Narita and Haneda Airport, Haneda airports, as well as secondary hubs in Osaka's Kansai ...

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Japan Asia Airways (JAA) was a subsidiary of Japan Airlines (JAL) founded due to the legal status of the Republic of China (Taiwan) and territory disputes with the People's Republic of China in order to allow Japan Airlines to continue flying to Taiwan from Japan. ...

Mitsui Chemicals is a Japanese chemicals company listed on the Nikkei with business interests in Japan, Europe, China, Southeast Asia and the USA. It is one of the leading chemical companies in Japan and is part of the Mitsui conglomerate. The company mainly ...

Nippon Cargo Airlines Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) is a cargo airline with its head office on the property of Narita International Airport in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, outside Tokyo. It operates scheduled cargo services in Asia and to Europe and North America. Its ma ...

Taito is a Japanese company that specializes in video games, Toy, toys, arcade cabinets, and game centers, based in Shinjuku, Tokyo. The company was founded by Michael Kogan in 1953 as the importing vodka, Vending machine, vending machines, and Juk ...

, and Yamato Life. In 1998 Fujitsu operated a branch office in Chiyoda. At one point,

Cantor Fitzgerald Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. is an American financial services firm that was founded in 1945. It specializes in institutional equity, fixed-income sales and trading, and serving the middle market with investment banking services, prime brokerage, an ...

had an office in Chiyoda.

Transportation

Home to the massive

Tokyo station Tōkyō Station (, ) is a major railway station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The original station is located in Chiyoda's Marunouchi business district near the Tokyo Imperial Palace, Imperial Palace grounds. The newer Eastern extension is not far ...

with a multitude of subways, railways and long-distance services.

Education

Primary and secondary schools

, 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 the . Public high schools are 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 most of the Public school (government funded), public secondary schoo ...

Public schools

;Prefectural high schools *

Hibiya High School is a public high school located in Nagata-chō, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It was founded in 1878 as the . It was well known in the 1950s and 1960s for the large proportion of graduates who gained admission to the prestigious University of Tokyo; ...

* ;Municipal secondary (junior-senior high) schools * -

;Municipal junior high schools *Kōjimachi Junior High School ( 麹町中学校) - Hirakawachō *Kanda-Hitotsubashi Junior High School ( 神田一橋中学校) - Hitotsubashi 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. ;Municipal elementary schools *Banchō Elementary School ( 番町小学校) - Rokubanchō *Chiyoda Elementary School ( 千代田小学校) - Tsukasamachi ** It was created in April 1993 (

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5) as a merger of Chisakura Elementary School (千桜小学校) and Kanda Elementary School (神田小学校), and it also took a portion of the former boundary of Nagatatcho Elementary School (永田町小学校). *Fujimi Elementary School ( 富士見小学校) - Fujimi *Izumi Elementary School ( 和泉小学校) - Izumichō ** Established in 1993, it is a consolidation of Imagawa Elementary School (今川小学校) and Sakuma Elementary School (佐久間小学校). *Kudan Elementary School ( 九段小学校) - Sanbanchō *Kōjimachi Elementary School ( 麹町小学校) -

**It was formed from the merger of the former Kōjimachi Elementary and Nagatacho Elementary School (永田町小学校). *Ochanomizu Elementary School ( お茶の水小学校) - Fujimi **It was created in 1993 as the merger of Kinka Elementary School (錦華小学校), Nishikanda Elementary School (西神田小学), and Ogawa Elementary School (小川小学校). The Kinka building became the Ochanomizu Elementary building. *Shohei Elementary School (昌平小学校) - **It was established in 1993. It is on the site of the former Horin Elementary School (芳林小学校). It was initially held in the previous Awaji Elementary School (淡路小学校) before its current building opened in 1996.

Private schools

;Primary and secondary schools *The

Tokyo Chinese School Tokyo Chinese School (TCS) is a Chinese International school in (五番町), Chiyoda, Tokyo, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) accredits the school.Gottlieb, Nanette. "Japan: Languag ...

, located in *Previously the

Lycée Franco-Japonais de Tokyo In France, secondary education is in two stages: * ''Collèges'' () cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 14. * ''Lycées'' () provide a three-year course of further secondary education for students between ...

was in Fujimi in this ward. ;Secondary schools *, private girls' school *, private girls' school *, private girls' school, affiliated with

Kyoritsu Women's University is a private university, private women's college in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, established in 1949. History The vocational predecessor of the school was founded in 1886. The name "Kyoritsu", meaning "standing together" in Japanese, came from the fa ...

*, private girls' school *, private girls' school *, private girls' school founded by Masako Miwada *, private girls' school, affiliated with

Otsuma Women's University is a private university in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan Founded in 1949, it is located in Sanbanchō,_Chiyoda,_Tokyo, Sanbanchō, near the Imperial Palace, Tokyo, Imperial Palace in the Chiyoda City. It began as a sewing school opened ...

*, private girls' school, affiliated with Shirayuri Women's University *, private girls' school, affiliated with Wayo Women's University * Gyosei Junior and Senior High School, private boys' school *, private boys' school * * *, affiliated with

Nishogakusha University is a private university in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from th ...

;Primary schools *Gyosei Primary School ( 暁星小学校), boys' school *Futaba Gakuen Elementary School ( 雙葉小学校), girls' school *Shirayuri Joshi Gakuen Elementary School ( 白百合学園小学校), girls' school, affiliated with Shirayuri Women's University

Colleges and universities

Hitotsubashi University , formerly known as , is a national university, national research university in Tokyo, Japan. Often regarded as Japan’s foremost institution for the study of the social sciences, particularly commerce, economics, law, political science, sociolog ...

's Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy is located in the National Center of Sciences in Hitotsubashi. Both of the

Sophia University Sophia University (Japanese language, Japanese: 上智大学, ''Jōchi Daigaku''; Latin: ''Universitas Sedis Sapientiae'') is a private List of Jesuit educational institutions, Jesuit research university in Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1913 by ...

Campuses are in western Chiyoda. The main Yotsuya campus lies adjacent to Yotsuya Station and the Ichigaya Campus just south of

Ichigaya Station is a railway station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The Number of Passengers on Ichigaya as recorded by the East Japan Railway Company Trains in 2017-2022 was 15,274 . Lines The ground-level section of the station is managed by the East Japan Railwa ...

. Globis University Graduate School of Management which is the largest business school in Japan is also located in Chiyoda.

Hosei University formerly known as Tokyo University of Law (東京法学社, Tokyo Hogakusha) is a top research university in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Hosei University and four other private universities in Tokyo are collectively known as "MARCH (Japanese univers ...

Meiji University is a Private university, private research university in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Originally founded as Meiji Law School () by three lawyers in 1881, it became a university in April 1920. As of May 2023, Meiji has 32,261 undergradu ...

Senshu University Senshu University (専修大学, ''Senshū Daigaku''), generally referred to as Senshu (専修) or Sen-Dai (専大), is a private university located in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1880 as Senshu College , which was recognised as one of t ...

Nihon University , abbreviated as , is a private research university in Japan. Its predecessor, Nihon Law School (currently the Department of Law), was founded by Yamada Akiyoshi, the Minister of Justice, in 1889. The university's name is derived from the Ja ...

and so on are located in the area.

Libraries

Chiyoda operates four public libraries; they are the Chiyoda Library, Yobancho Library, Shohei Library, and Kanda Library. Tokyo operates the

Tokyo Metropolitan Library is the metropolitan public library system for Tokyo, Japan. Libraries The Tokyo Metropolitan Library has two branches. The Hibiya Library, a third branch, was closed on April 1, 2009. Both branches provide access to free public Wi-Fi, printing a ...

Hibiya Library. The Japanese government operates the

National Diet Library The is the national library of Japan and among the largest libraries in the world. It was established in 1948 for the purpose of assisting members of the in researching matters of public policy. The library is similar in purpose and scope to ...

and the

National Archives National archives are the archives of a country. The concept evolved in various nations at the dawn of modernity based on the impact of nationalism upon bureaucratic processes of paperwork retention. Conceptual development From the Middle Ages i ...

. Ishikawa Enterprise Foundation Ochanomizu Library is a nearby private library.

Diplomatic missions

Several countries operate their

embassies A diplomatic mission or foreign mission is a group of people from a state or organization present in another state to represent the sending state or organization officially in the receiving or host state. In practice, the phrase usually denotes a ...

in Chiyoda. * * * * * * * * * * (

Chongryon The General Association of Korean Residents in Japan,
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) * * * * *

References

External links

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