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 ...

Located on the east side of Tokyo in the Asakusa traditional district, the Tokyo Skytree rises in gleaming silver, dwarfing the city blocks around it. The communication tower is the lone skyscraper in ...

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 ...

This spring, the Tokyo Sky Tree, the world’s tallest broadcast tower (with restaurant, of course; this is Tokyo), is set to open: an apt symbol of the capital getting back on its feet after the ...

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 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 ...

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, ...