Japan Regional Business Information

Tokyo Basic Information

Tokyo (capital of Japan)
Tokyo is the center of politics, economy and culture in Japan. It has the largest number of consumers among the big cities in Japan, at 12 million. A variety of industries and headquarters of major companies are concentrated to develop active economic performances.
Center of business and base for information and culture
Tokyo's brisk economic activities are producing new trends and cultures, and a lot of information is provided at home and abroad. On the other hand, there are many historical spots and places where traditional culture is preserved. Tokyo is a city having both cutting-edge and traditional tastes. Tokyo Metropolitan Government is implementing various measures to promote Tokyo as an international tourist city.
Tokyo Industrial vitality
There are over 720,000 business entities in Tokyo, more than 90 percent of which are medium and small sized enterprises. About 70 percent of approx. 8.37million employees are working at medium and small companies whose advanced technology and high productivity greatly contribute to the development and dynamism of Tokyo. Moreover, some 70 percent of foreign companies active in Japan are concentrated in Tokyo, while the increasing number of joint research projects between companies and universities and other partners is leading to the cultivation of industry-university cooperation networks. In this way, increasingly diversified resources are coming to be pooled in Tokyo.
More and more new neighborhoods are emerging Tokyo
Tokyo is full of large development projects in places like Marunouchi, Otemachi, Yaesu, Shiodome, Roppongi, and the waterfront. We're sure you'll want to find out more about the dynamic changes taking place in Tokyo, Asia's leading city.

<Tokyo Key infrastructure>
Tokyo Industry-related infrastructure
Research facilities that represent Japan's highest levels of scholarship in areas closely related to industry are concentrated here, including research institutions and universities with science and engineering departments. Tokyo is covered by an extensive and thorough network of public institutions, and its human infrastructure is a treasury of outstanding human resources.
[Tokyo Airport]
It takes about 1 hour by train from New Tokyo International Airport (Narita Airport) to the center of Tokyo. Since New Tokyo International Airport was opened in the north of Chiba Prefecture, Tokyo International Airport (Haneda Airport) has played a role as a hub airport for domestic airlines, establishing a network with major cities throughout Japan.
[Tokyo Port]
The port of Tokyo is a main international trade terminal of Japan and functions as a logistical hub port for a huge market in and around Tokyo. Moreover, there is a movement of enhancing and expanding the function of Tokyo Port as a foreign trade terminal by developing a high standard container terminal. Also, in conjunction with port distribution facilities such as the Aomi Container Terminal and the International Convention City in the Waterfront City, it aims to form a new international trade business zone to serve as an engine for the Tokyo economy through information technology.
[Tokyo Roads]
Tokyo is the starting point of expressways including Tomei, Tohoku, Kan-etsu and Joban Expressways, which extend in all directions throughout Japan.
Several loop roads are being constructed to alleviate chronic traffic congestion, including a Central Circular Route, Tokyo Outer Ring Road (Gaikan), and Metropolitan Inter-City Expressway (Ken-o-do).
[Tokyo Railroad]
Tokyo Station is the starting point of Tohoku, Yamagata, Akita, Tokaido and Hokuriku Shinkansen lines, directly connecting Tokyo with major cities such as Osaka, Nagoya, Hiroshima, Fukuoka and Sendai. Inside and around Tokyo, JR lines and private railways as well as subway lines extend in all directions to form a sophisticated and punctual railroad network.