The Tokyo Sky Tree, the city’s new digital broadcast antenna, became the world’s tallest free-standing television tower this week when it overtook China’s 600-meter (1,968.5 feet) Canton Tower. By ...

TOKYO--Nearly a year after the magnitude-9.0 quake that pummeled Japan, construction of the world's tallest tower, the Tokyo Sky Tree, is now complete. Builder Obayashi, which recently announced plans ...

TOKYO -- The world's second-tallest structure opened to the public on Tuesday. The Tokyo Sky Tree is now the world's tallest broadcasting tower. It is expected to draw in 32 million visitors a year, ...

The Tokyo Sky Tree (R), Genmori-bashi and a Tobu 6050 series train in October 2011. The Tokyo Sky Tree opened in May 2012. (ykanazawa1999/Flickr) Asia Society fosters long-term sustainability ...

Rising like a space age Eiffel Tower on growth hormones, the newly built Tokyo Sky Tree won't officially open its elevator doors until May 2012. Yet the 2,080-foot-tall (634-meter-tall) structure has ...

The Burj Khalifa in Dubai is currently the tallest building in the world at 2,716.5 feet. But in 2019, when the Jeddah Tower is completed in Saudi Arabia, its height of 3,280 feet will set the new ...

Explore Tokyo's ambitious skyscraper proposals, including the X-Seed 4000, Sky Mile Tower, and the grand Tokyo Tower of Babel. Discover why this city is known for hosting some of the most ...

At 2,080 feet tall, the Tokyo Sky Tree, formerly called New Tokyo Tower, is a new digital broadcast and observation tower with a restaurant built on reclaimed land in Tokyo Bay. Engineers are ...

TOKYO -- The world's second-tallest structure opened to the public on Tuesday. The Tokyo Sky Tree is now the world's tallest broadcasting tower. It is expected to draw in 32 million visitors a year, ...

The completion of the world's tallest tower, the Tokyo Sky Tree, Japan, was celebrated in an elaborate ceremony on Friday. Approximately 70 people attended the event, including those who worked on the ...