Kasumigaseki
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Kasumigaseki (霞が関, 霞ヶ関 or 霞ケ関) is a district of Tokyo, Japan, located in Chiyoda Ward. It is the location of most of Japan's cabinet ministry offices. The name is often used figuratively to refer to the Japanese bureaucracy, as opposed to Nagatacho, which refers to the elected government.
[edit] Notable sites
- Kasumigaseki Building - Tokyo's first high-rise office building, now houses the Tokyo offices of PricewaterhouseCoopers.
- 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 and Transport
- Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
- Ministry of the Environment
- Tokyo Metropolitan Police HQ
- Tokyo High Court
- Tokyo District Court
- Summary Court and Family Court
