Kasumigaseki
Kasumigaseki is a district in Chiyoda Ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is the location of most of Japan's cabinet ministry offices. The name is often used as a metonym for the Japanese government bureaucracy, as opposed to Nagatachō, which refers to the elected government or the legislative branch. Kasumigaseki Station was one of the stations affected during the Tokyo subway sarin attack.Notable sites
Government offices
- 2nd Bldg. of the Central Common Government Office
- *Japan Transport Safety Board
- *National Public Safety Commission
- Fair Trade Commission
- Coast Guard
- Patent Office
- Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
- Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
- Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
- Ministry of Finance
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Ministry of Justice
- Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
- Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
- Ministry of the Environment
- Public Security Intelligence Agency
- National Police Agency
- Financial Services Agency
- Agency for Cultural Affairs
- National Personnel Authority
- Board of Audit of Japan
- Tokyo Metropolitan Police HQ
- Tokyo High Court and Intellectual Property High Court
- Tokyo District Court, Summary Court and Family Court
Other buildings
- Japan Post headquarters
- Kasumigaseki Building - Tokyo's first high-rise office building
- *The Asian Development Bank Institute has its head office on the 8th floor of the Kasumigaseki Building. On the same floor, the Asian Development Bank has its Japan offices.
- Kasumigaseki Common Gate - Twin tower buildings adjacent to the Kasumigaseki Building.
- New Kasumigaseki Building
- Nipponkoa Insurance Building
Subway stations
- Kasumigaseki Station
- Sakuradamon Station
- Toranomon Station
Economy
has its headquarters in Kasumigaseki. Tokuyama Corporation has its headquarters in Kasumigaseki Common Gate West Tower and PricewaterhouseCoopers has offices on the 15th floor of the Kasumigaseki Building. Also in the Kasumigaseki Building has its headquarters the Lixil Group Corporation.
At different points of time All Nippon Airways and Mitsui Chemicals had their headquarters in the Kasumigaseki Building. In July 1978, when Nippon Cargo Airlines first began, it operated within a single room inside All Nippon Airways's space in the Kasumigaseki Building.
At one time Cantor Fitzgerald had an office in the Toranomon Mitsui Building in Kasumigaseki.
