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Akasaka, Tokyo

is a residential and commercial district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan, located west of the government center in Nagatachō and north of the Roppongi district.

Akasaka (including the neighboring area of Aoyama) was a ward of Tokyo City from 1878 to 1947, and maintains a branch office of the Minato City government.

Notable sites

In neighbouring Moto-Akasaka (literally "original Akasaka") to the North:

Companies based in Akasaka

Previously Jaleco Holding had its headquarters in the in Akasaka.

The Japanese offices of the following are based in Akasaka:

Subway stations

Education

Schools

Akasaka's public elementary and junior high schools are operated by the Minato City Board of Education (https://web.archive.org/web/20071116004054/http://www.city.minato.tokyo.jp/kyoiku_e/index.html in English, in Japanese).

Akasaka 1-9-chōme are zoned to Akasaka Elementary School () and Akasaka Junior High School ().

https://web.archive.org/web/20071031062611/http://www.akasaka-h.metro.tokyo.jp/ was operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education. It closed down in March 2009. It reopened the next month as the Aoyama campus of http://www.oota-sakuradai-h.metro.tokyo.jp/.

Third Junior & Senior High School of Nihon University was previously in Akasaka, but it moved to Machida in 1976.

Libraries

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

References

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