We visit Akasaka, a commercial district in the heart of Tokyo. As we explore, we learn how the hilly terrain shaped its development as a hub for politicians, business leaders and foreign dignitaries.

When the skies cleared above Tokyo’s historic Akasaka district late one evening in March 2023, no one in the city of 37 million people could have been more relieved than Masanori Aikawa, ...

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attended a spring garden party with about 1,000 guests at the Akasaka Imperial Garden in the Moto-Akasaka district of Tokyo’s Minato Ward on May 11.