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The height of the tower was not suitable for Japan's planned terrestrial digital broadcasting planned for July 2011, and for the Tokyo area. A taller digital broadcasting tower, known as Tokyo Skytree, was completed on 29 February 2012. Tokyo Tower has become a prominent landmark in the city, and frequently appears in media set in Tokyo.
[5] [7] The second-tallest structure in Tokyo is the 333-metre-tall (1,092 feet) Tokyo Tower, a lattice tower completed in 1958. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The tallest building and third-tallest overall structure is the 325-metre-tall (1,068 feet) Azabudai Hills Mori JP Tower , completed in 2023 and being Tokyo's only supertall skyscraper .
The tallest building in Japan is currently the 325.5 m (1,068 ft) tall Azabudai Hills Mori JP Tower, located in the Toranomon district of Tokyo. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The 390 m (1,280 ft) Torch Tower is set to be completed in 2027 as the country's new tallest building.
Tokyo Torch is a large-scale redevelopment district near Tokyo Station in Tokyo, Japan. [1] [2] It will consist of two skyscrapers: Tokiwabashi Tower (completed in 2021) Torch Tower (scheduled to be completed in 2027 as Japan's tallest building) In addition to the skyscrapers, the district will have two other buildings.
The Tokyo Skytree in Tokyo, Japan has been the tallest tower since 2012.. This list includes extant structures that fulfill the engineering definition of a tower: "a tall human structure, always taller than it is wide, for public or regular operational access by humans, but not for living in or office work, and which is self-supporting or free-standing, meaning no guy-wires for support."
The exterior of the building will have a torch-inspired design. The name, Torch Tower, was chosen in the hope that the tower will "illuminate Japan". The total floor area will be circa 542,000 m 2 (5,834,000 sq ft). [3] This is 1.75 times as much floor space as the Burj Khalifa's 309,472 m 2 (3,331,000 sq ft).
Azabudai Hills (麻布台ヒルズ, Azabudai Hiruzu) is a complex of three skyscrapers in Tokyo, Japan. Upon its completion in 2023, the Azabudai Hills Mori JP Tower in the development became the tallest building in Tokyo and Japan. The complex was developed by the Mori Building Company, the project cost about 640 billion yen ($5.3 billion). [3]
29 March 2010: The tower reached a height of 338 m (1,109 ft), becoming the tallest structure in Japan. [2] 24 April 2010: A 1:25 scale model of the Tokyo Skytree was unveiled at the Tobu World Square theme park in Nikkō, Tochigi. [26] 30 July 2010: The tower topped 400 m, reaching a height of 413 m (1,355 ft). [27]