Akasaka, Tokyo

Akasaka (赤坂, "Red Slope"^?) is a residential and commercial district of Minato, Tokyo, located west of the government center in Nagatachō and north of the Roppongi nightlife 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.

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

Previously Jaleco Holding had its headquarters in the Akasaka DS Building (赤坂DSビル, Akasaka DS Biru^?) in Akasaka.

The Japanese offices of the following are based in Akasaka:

Akasaka's public elementary and junior high schools are operated by the Minato City Board of Education ([2] in English, in Japanese).

Akasaka High School [3] 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 Ōta Sakuradai High School [4].

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