2nd Global Expert Meeting on
Chemistry & Medicinal Chemistry

Tokyo is Japan’s major cultural centre. Displays describing the art and history of Japan and Asia are emphasized at the Tokyo National Museum in Ueno Park. Ueno Park is also the site of a science museum, a zoological garden, and two major art museums. Art and science museums are located close to the Imperial Palace, and museums of various types are located elsewhere in the city. The University of Tokyo heads a long list of major universities and colleges in the metropolitan area.

 

Many domestic and international financial institutions and other businesses are headquartered in central Tokyo. It is served by a dense network of electric railways, subways, bus lines, and highways. Tokyo station is the central railroad terminal for all of Japan, including the high-speed Shinkansen bullet trains from western Japan. Ueno Station is the terminus for rail lines running to northern Japan, and Shinjuku station is the terminus for trains from central Honshu and Tokyo’s western suburbs. Several privately owned electric rail lines provide interurban transit service. Tokyo’s international airport is at Narita, in Chiba prefecture, while the city’s Haneda airport on the bay provides domestic service. Area 240 square miles (621 square km). Pop. (2005) 8,489,653; (2010) 8,945,695.