Origin
The Meiji government sold the area to Mitsubishi in 1890 as a single block. The first western-style "London Block" of red-brick offices opened in the 1890s. Modern redevelopment from the 2000s rebuilt most of it.
Who works here
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
- Mizuho Financial Group, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (nearby Otemachi)
- Bank of Japan (Nihonbashi)
- Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsubishi Estate
- Foreign bank Tokyo HQs (Goldman, Morgan Stanley MUFG, JPMorgan Securities)
Landmarks
- Marunouchi Building ("Maru Bill")
- Tokyo International Forum
- Imperial Palace East Garden
- Marunouchi Naka-dori (the ginkgo-lined main avenue)
Primary exchange
Tokyo Stock Exchange· TSE
Three indices a local would build
Open the prompt box pre-filled with one of these and turn it into a transparent, rule-based index in under a minute.
- Japan TOPIX core 30 ex-banks (without MUFG, Mizuho, SMFG).open in builder →
- Japanese trading houses (sōgō shōsha): Mitsubishi Corp, Mitsui, Itochu, Sumitomo Corp, Marubeni.open in builder →
- Japan dividend growers: 30 TSE Prime names with 10+ years of dividend growth.open in builder →
