Honda Announces New Plan for Relocation of Global Head Office to Yaesu Area in Tokyo and Reconstruction of Honda Aoyama Building
TOKYO, Japan, August 29, 2025 – (JCN Newswire)–Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda) today revealed brand-new strategies concerning the moving of its worldwide head workplace function:
1) Honda will transfer its worldwide head workplace function, before completion of 2029 *, to the high-rise workplace floorings of a brand-new mixed-use structure presently under building and construction near Tokyo Station, as a part of the Yaesu 2-Chome Central District Category-I Urban Redevelopment Project (“Yaesu District Redevelopment Area”).
2) Honda will carry out a partial transfer of the ownership of Honda Aoyama Building (“Aoyama Bldg.”), the business’s existing head office complex in Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, to Mitsui Fudosan Residential Co., Ltd.
Yaesu 2-Chome Central District Category-I Urban Redevelopment Project
Viewpoint illustration of outside (Tokyo Station Yaesu Exit side)
It has actually been 40 years given that Honda developed the Aoyama Bldg. as its international head workplace. Amidst the continued quick improvement of society and market, Honda continues aiming to be a “business society wishes to exist” into the future. To satisfy this vision, Honda has actually been thoroughly thinking about different techniques to develop a worldwide head workplace function that will act as a “center for change and interaction that promotes development.” In September 2023, Honda chose to continue with the strategy to rebuild Aoyama Bldg. into a brand-new structure, which will allow Honda to understand this vision, with target conclusion in the ending March 31, 2031.
The fountainhead of Honda developments has actually been the “Waigaya (Y-gaya)” procedure, a distinct interaction culture of Honda, in which private partners transcend their particular functions and positions, and participate in energetic exchanges of their viewpoints that yields greater outcomes. Because the short-lived moving of the head workplace function to Toranomon in Tokyo in May, Honda has actually been embracing a “one-floor” design of workplace design, with partners operating in one area on one flooring, rather of spread throughout several floorings. It has actually ended up being obvious that this workplace design has actually reinforced connections amongst partners and helped with more varied members to come together and take part in more vibrant Waigaya conversations, which has actually started creating concepts for a wide variety of future developments.
Because of these elements, Honda reevaluated the optimum workplace conditions for its brand-new international head workplace, and concerned the conclusion that it is the very best to transfer its head workplace to the Yaesu District Redevelopment Area, that includes the previous website of the Honda Yaesu Building where the Honda worldwide head workplace was found from 1960 to 1974. When moved to the Yaesu District Redevelopment Area, the size of each workplace flooring will be around 6.8 times bigger than that of the Aoyama Bldg. and roughly 1.8 times bigger compared to the present workplace in Toranomon, where Honda will aim to accomplish substantial improvement in efficiency and brand-new worth production.
For Honda, Yaesu is a location of unique significance, as it was the area of the very first operation base where the business made every effort to develop an existence in Tokyo, started handling obstacles to end up being a worldwide brand name, and laid the structure for what Honda has actually ended up being today. The Yaesu District has actually been thought about one of the world’s most prominent company districts, serving as a center for advanced innovation and info, with its distance to Tokyo Station supplying outstanding gain access to both locally and globally. Presently, redevelopment jobs are underway throughout the district, and even more improvement of city functions and services is anticipated in the future.
Relating To the Aoyama Bldg., after comprehensive factor to consider of the conventional Honda technique to constructing style in addition to the present organization environment surrounding Honda, the business chose to move a part of its ownership of the structure and land of Aoyama Bldg. to Mitsui Fudosan Residential. The website of Aoyama Bldg. worked as the 2nd worldwide head office complex owned by Honda in Tokyo for roughly 40 years given that 1985, and likewise housed Honda Welcome Plaza Aoyama to welcome the general public to see and experience Honda items and innovations, and it will stay a location of deep significance for Honda. Following the partial transfer, Honda and Mitsui Fudosan Residential will collectively build a brand-new structure on the website of Aoyama Bldg. When finished, Honda is preparing to utilize part of the brand-new structure, and will check out a series of concepts and chances to make it a location to even more improve Honda brand name worth.
Honda international head workplace moving schedule
– May 2025– Honda head workplace works transferred briefly to workplaces in Toranomon Alcea Tower and Honda Wako Building.
– Before completion of 2029 *– Honda head workplace functions will be transferred completely on high-rise workplace floorings of the brand-new structure in Yaesu District Redevelopment Area
Summary of Yaesu 2-Chome Central District Category-I Urban Redevelopment Project
Job name
Yaesu 2-Chome Central District Category-I Urban Redevelopment Project
Contractor
Yaesu 2-Chome Central District Urban Redevelopment Project Association
Place
4, 5, 6 and 7, Yaesu 2-Chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Conclusion
January 31, 2029 (prepared)
Variety of floorings/ max height
43 floorings above ground, 3 floorings listed below ground, approx. 744 ft. (approx. 227 m)
Website location
Approximate. 210,542 ft2(approx. 19,560 m2)
Overall flooring location
Approximate. 4,190,282 ft2(approx. 389,290 m2)
Main functions
Workplaces, retail centers, theater, serviced homes, global school, bus terminal, parking area, and so on.
Referral
Mitsui Fudosan Group press release:
Yaesu 2-Chome Central District Category-I Urban Redevelopment Project:
Partial Transfer of Rights to Honda and Joint Reconstruction of Honda Aoyama Building
URL: https://www.mitsuifudosan.co.jp/english/corporate/news/2025/0829_01/
* Planned conclusion schedule since August 2025. The schedule undergoes alter in the future.
