Economic
Shifts
One of the most important aspects for
understanding the current rebuilding of Tokyo is to think of it as an investment
in Japan's capital city by government and big business so as to ensure
future smooth economic success for the country. The country has pumped
a great deal of investment into bringing Tokyo on the international arena
of business and finance. One of the goals is to bring in multi national
companies into Tokyo and use their city as the main base for their Asia-Pacific
operations. This would be also to challenge the growing East-Asian cities
of Hong Kong and Singapore. It will be interesting to see how the transition
of Hong Kong to Chinese rule might be, as the Tokyo planners are waiting
in anxiety for new and foreign investments of companies relocating in Tokyo.
It is also hoped that Tokyo will pass the world financial centers of London
and New York, to become the financial capital of the world. With a booming
CBD and increasing in importance this task does not seem far away. Tange
Kenzo, the famous Japanese architect states that " Paris is a symbol of
the 19th century, Manhattan may be the symbol of the 20th century. If we
can succeed in our plans, Tokyo could become the model for the 21st century."
Modern
structures like this are places where companies are relocating their headquarters
Due
to high real estate prices, companies take over old buildings like this
one makng them headquaters
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