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17-519: (Redirected from Minato-ku ) [REDACTED] Look up minato in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Minato (港 or 湊) is Japanese for 'harbor', and may refer to: Places [ edit ] Minato, Tokyo or Minato City, a special ward in Tokyo, Japan Minato-ku, Nagoya , a ward of Nagoya, Japan Minato-ku, Osaka , a ward of Osaka, Japan Minato (湊),

34-568: A double espresso coffee with milk; see Milk coffee#Minato Minato Bridge , a 1974 double-deck cantilever truss bridge in Osaka, Japan Minato Line , a Japanese railway line between Katsuta and Ajigaura Minato Shimbun , a Japanese newspaper Minato stable , a stable of sumo wrestlers Minato Station , a train station in Sakai-ku, Osaka Prefecture, Japan See also [ edit ] Minato Ward (disambiguation) 港区 (disambiguation) ,

51-827: A neighbourhood in Chūō or Chūō City, a special ward in Tokyo, Japan People [ edit ] Nicolò Minato (c. 1627–1698), Italian poet, librettist and impresario Yūsuke Minato (born 1985), Japanese Nordic combined skier Chihiro Minato (born 1960), Japanese photographer Kanae Minato (born 1973), Japanese murder-mystery novelist Yoshio Minato ( 湊 義雄 , born 1949) , Japanese rower Minato Oike (born 1996), Japanese BMX freestyle cyclist Minatofuji Takayuki (born 1968), sumo wrestler now known as Minato Oyakata Wakamotoharu Minato ( 若元春 港 , born 1993) , Japanese professional sumo wrestler Eikichi Minato ( 湊 栄吉 , 1894–1978) , Japanese politician Fictional characters [ edit ] Sahashi Minato, protagonist of

68-409: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Minato, Tokyo Minato was formed in 1947 as a merger of Akasaka , Azabu and Shiba wards following Tokyo City 's transformation into Tokyo Metropolis . The modern Minato ward exhibits the contrasting Shitamachi and Yamanote geographical and cultural division. The Shinbashi neighborhood in

85-447: Is home to the headquarters of many large domestic companies, including Honda , Mitsubishi Motors Corporation , NEC , Nikon , SoftBank Group , Sony and Fujitsu . Minato is also known for being one of the wealthiest residential areas in Japan, and for its relatively high concentration of foreign expats due to the number of embassies and multinational corporations located in and around

102-712: 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. In neighbouring Moto-Akasaka (literally "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

119-973: The Air China Building in Minato. Asiana Airlines operates a sales office on the sixth floor of the ATT New Tower Building. Hawaiian Airlines has its Japan offices in the Eagle Hamamatsuchō Building ( イーグル浜松町ビル , Īguru Hamamatsuchō Biru ) in Minato. Iran Air has its Tokyo office in Akasaka. Japanese companies that formerly had headquarters in Minato include Air Next , Airtransse , Asatsu , Jaleco Holding , Ricoh , Toa Domestic Airlines (later Japan Air System and later Japan Air Lines), On 22 December 2008 operations of Seiko Epson 's Tokyo sales office began at Seiko Epson's Hino Office in Hino, Tokyo . Previously operations were at

136-1854: The Minato City Board of Education (港区教育委員会). Combined elementary and junior high schools: Junior high schools: Elementary schools: Former schools: There are also a variety of private schools, including: The city operates the Minato Library, the Mita Library, the Azabu Library, the Akasaka Library, the Takanawa Library, and the Konan Library. The metropolis operates the Tokyo Metropolitan Library Central Library in Minato. The library opened in 1973. Companies with headquarters in Minato include Air Nippon , All Nippon Airways (ANA), ANA & JP Express , All Nippon Airways Trading, Animax , Asmik Ace Entertainment , Bandai Namco Holdings , Brainlab , Cosmo Oil Company , COVER Corporation , Daicel , Dentsu , Euglena (company) , Fujifilm , Fuji Xerox , Fujitsu , Haseko , Hazama Ando , Honda , Japan Tobacco , Kajima , Kaneka Corporation , Konami , KYB Corporation , Kyodo News , Mitsubishi Motors , Mitsui Chemicals , Mitsui O.S.K. Lines , Mitsui Oil Exploration Company , NEC , Nippon Sheet Glass , NYK Line , Obayashi Corporation , Oki Electric Industry , Pizza-La , The Pokémon Company , THK , Toagosei , Toraya Confectionery , Sato Pharmaceutical , Sega Sammy Holdings , Sigma Seven , Sony , SUMCO , Toraya Confectionery , Toyo Suisan (owns

153-566: The World Trade Centre in Minato. Several countries operate their embassies in Minato. Tokyo's main ferry terminal is located adjacent to Takeshiba Station on the Yurikamome, due east of JR Hamamatsucho Station . Akasaka, Tokyo Akasaka ( 赤坂 ) is a residential and commercial district of Minato, Tokyo , Japan, located west of the government center in Nagatachō and north of

170-542: The area. Notable neighborhoods and districts of Minato include Akasaka , Aoyama , Azabu , Roppongi and Toranomon . Minato is located southwest of the Imperial Palace and has boundaries with the special wards of Chiyoda , Chūō , Kōtō (in Odaiba), Shinagawa , Shibuya , and Shinjuku . The ward was founded on 15 March 1947, with the merger of Akasaka , Azabu , and Shiba Wards. Various names were considered for

187-684: The branch Maruchan ), TV Tokyo , WOWOW , and Yazaki . In addition ANA subsidiary Air Japan has some offices in Minato. The Japanese division of CB&I , the Japanese division of Aramark and Aim Services, Google Japan , Yahoo! Japan , and the main Japanese offices of Hanjin and Korean Air are located there. Air France operates an office and ticketing counter in the New Aoyama Building in Minato. The Japanese division of Deutsche Post, DHL. Air France's Minato office handles Aircalin -related inquiries. Air China has operations in

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204-797: The equivalent in CJKV Minato-kai , original name of the Japanese crime syndicate Sumiyoshi-kai Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Minato . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Minato&oldid=1259627954 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Japanese-language surnames Japanese unisex given names Hidden categories: Articles containing Japanese-language text Short description

221-800: 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 1-9- chōme are zoned to Akasaka Elementary School ( 赤坂小学校 ) and Akasaka Junior High School ( 赤坂中学校 ). Akasaka High School  [ ja ] [3] was operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education . It closed down in March 2009. It reopened

238-546: The manga series Sekirei Minato Namikaze , a character in the manga and anime series Naruto Minato Arisato, the protagonist's name in the Persona 3 manga adaptation Minato Nagase, a character in the visual novel Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka Minato Narumiya, a character in the light novel series Tsurune Minato Aqua , one of Hololive Production's virtual YouTubers Fuwa Minato, one of Nijisanji's virtual YouTubers Other uses [ edit ] Minato ,

255-440: The new ward, such as Atago , Aoyama , Aoba , Iikura , Mita , and Higashiminato . Higashiminato was chosen, meaning "East Harbor", but then Higashi was cut leading to the name Minato , simply meaning "harbor". Per Japanese census data, the population has recently begun rising after decades of rapid decline. In June 2024, Ai Seike beat Masaaki Takei  [ jp ] in mayoral elections. Takei, mayor since 2004,

272-486: The ward's northeastern corner is attached to the core of Shitamachi , the original commercial center of Edo-Tokyo. On the other hand, the Azabu and Akasaka areas are typically representative Yamanote districts. As of 1 July 2015 , Minato had an official population of 243,094, and a population density of 10,850 persons per km . The total area is 20.37 km . Known as one of Tokyo's largest business areas, Minato

289-578: Was seeking his sixth term and received support from the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito . Seike, previously a member of the ward assembly, is the first female mayor of Minato. The ward assembly has 34 members. Notes: - formerly part of Shiba Area - 1-chōme - 1, 2, 3-chōme - 2, 3-chōme - 4, 5-chōme The local public high schools are operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education . The city's public elementary and junior high schools are operated by

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