Toranomon

Toranomon (虎ノ門) is a business district of Minato, Tokyo.

The Toranomon incident (虎ノ門事件, Toranomon Jiken) was an assassination attempt on the Prince Regent Hirohito of Japan on 27 December 1923 by communist agitator Daisuke Namba.

From the 1970s[1] through the mid-1990s, Japan Air System (originally Toa Domestic Airlines) was headquartered in the Ark Mori Building, in the Ark Hills complex of Toranomon.

[2][3] Air China also has its Tokyo offices in Toranomon,[4] as well as TV Tokyo,[5] Japan Tobacco,[6] Oki Electric Industry,[7] Fuji Fire and Marine Insurance,[8] and Mitsui O.S.K.

Minato City Board of Education operates public elementary and junior high schools.

Toranomon district
The Toranomon (Tiger Gate), demolished in the 1870s