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Business Overview
The administrative and economic center of Japan, Tokyo is presiding over the world as a second largest economy. The city is a major national and international finance center owning headquarters of several of the world's largest investment banks, insurance companies and the second largest Stock Exchange in the world.

Tokyo always has been quick to embrace modern developments and fashions therefore, gaining the forefront of trends and technology making it the country's most cosmopolitan city. The current drive towards economic reform and deregulation in Japan was also initiated in Tokyo, which showed the most immediate effect in the city.

The Tokyo Big Sight, Nippon Convention Center and Makuhari Messe make the city the major trade fair venue of Japan. Reputed trade shows like Ambiente, Linex and Beauty World taking place in the city every year are evident of Tokyo’s trade and commerce aptitude.

Tokyo is an important wholesale center and its diverse industries includes manufacture of electronic apparatus, transport equipment, automobiles, cameras, optical goods and a wide variety of consumer items.

Besides paying emphasis on administration, Tokyo grants special attention to its service industries too, which majorly includes publishing, printing and broadcasting. Meanwhile, the busy Tokyo Bay port handles a high proportion of country's imports and exports and also serves as an important public transportation mode. Further with an outstanding subway system and the world's first public monorail line, Tokyo serves as a hub for Japan's transportation too.

Nation's center of education, this capital city has many universities, junior colleges and vocational schools most prestigious being the University of Tokyo attracting overseas students also.

Major Business Centers
Tokyo Big Sight:
Officially named as the Tokyo International Exhibition Center, Big Sight is the largest convention facility in Japan.

Located at Koto-ku, the center possesses unique architecture with total exhibition space of 80,000 m2, an International Conference Room, Event Spaces and much more. Therefore, in every sense Tokyo Big Sight is the total convention facility that is one of the largest in Tokyo.

Tokyo Trade Center:
Tokyo Trade Center is established by Tokyo Metropolitan Government to promote Tokyo industry.

The center provides effective rental service of exhibition halls and conference rooms, and information service to "Export and Import Business Supporting Information Service".

The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE):
TSE is the second largest stock exchange market in the world by monetary volume. The exchange currently lists 2,271 domestic companies and 31 foreign companies.

The main indices tracking the TSE are the Nikkei 225 index, the TOPIX index based on the share prices of First Section companies and the J30 index of large industrial companies.

Major Commercial Areas
Chuo:
Chuo is one of the 23 special wards that form the heart of Tokyo and its central location gave rise to its name, which means ‘the center’. Chuo is historically the main commercial center and many of the most famous sites of the city.

The area is concentration of the most important businesses, offices and retail spaces of Tokyo. The Ginza for instance is the most upscale shopping district of the city housing huge department stores, exclusive bars as well as the famous Kabukiza Theater. Further the headquarters of Bank of Japan, Harumi (location of a major exposition site), Kabutocho (the securities district) with many other commercial sites are also located in Chuo.

Shinjuku:
Shinjuku is an another one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo. In the recent years this bustling area as succeeded in outshining all the other commercial areas of the city including Chuo.

Not just a commercial hub, Shinjuku is also the administrative center of Tokyo housing the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building along with the busiest train station in the world (Shinjuku Station) and the administration center for the Tokyo Metropolis.

Further the area around Shinjuku Station is home to a large number of department stores, specialist electronic and camera shops, cinemas, restaurants, bars, international hotels and much more.

Major Manufacturing Zones
Keihin Industrial Area:
Centering the two metropolitan areas, Keihin is the important Industrial region lying between Tokyo and Yokohama. The heart of the region is a large industrial belt along the northwestern shore of Tokyo Bay.

The industrial area is covers around 1,600 hectares of land where big-scaled manufacturing plants of diversified industries like petroleum, petroleum chemistry, steel, shipbuilding, electricity and automobile are located.

The vicinity of Keihin Area also possesses many warehouses, Riken Yokohama Institute conducting a world-class state of the art genomic sciences research and other private research institutes.

The Keihin Waterfront Area is conveniently located near the Haneda Airport (the main domestic airport) and also to the Port of Yokohama equipped with the most advanced facilities which functions as Japan's major international gateway.

Location: Yokohama & Kawasaki

Manufacturing: Shipbuilding, Machinery, Petroleum Products & Automobiles

Tama Area:
Located in western Tokyo, Tama is a well-known suburb and one of the major industrial zones of Japan. The annual total industrial output of the region scores beyond that of the 23 wards of central Tokyo and the “Broader Tama’s” (including southwestern Saitama and central Kanagawa prefectures), output amounts to twice as much as that of Silicon Valley in the United States.

The main industries of the region are that of manufacturing including precision instrument production. Furthermore, Tama has a high numbers of medium and small sized enterprises, which are not mere subcontractors and therefore, boast their own product development capabilities. Most of these enterprises have world-class technology with a big market share making Tama one of the major high-tech industrial heartland in the world.

Meanwhile, setting up of the Nikkei Tama bureau in 2005 has further given Tama the position of a world-class hot area that suggests promising directions for revitalizing the Japanese economy.