( Tokyo, 18th Sept 2020 ) The real estate company "Mitsubishi Landsho" under the Japanese Mitsubishi Corporation will build a super high-rise building "Torch Tower" in front of Tokyo Station. The tower is planned to be 390 meters high and is scheduled to be completed in 2027. To become the tallest building in Japan, the highest floor will overlook Mount Fuji and the heart of Tokyo.
Based on the media reports of the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK), Kyodo News Agency, Jiji News Agency, etc., the Mitsubishi District Office announced on Thursday that the redevelopment project of about 3.1 hectares of land in Marunouchi on the north side of Tokyo Station was named "Tokyo Torch." Among them is the construction of the "Torch Tower", a super high-rise building with a height of 390 meters, which will become the tallest building in Japan when completed in 2027.
Hope To Become A Landmark Of Japan
The "Tokyo Torch" redevelopment project has a total funding of about 500 billion yen (about 19.6 billion ringgits), named "Torch", which hopes to become a symbol of illuminating Japan. The exterior of the torch tower building is also designed with a torch.
The Torch Tower is planned to be constructed with 67 floors above ground and 4 floors underground, with a total floor area of 544,000 square meters. The 7th to 53rd floors will be used as offices, the upper floors are scheduled to open observation facilities and hotels, and the lower floors will have a large theater with approximately 2,000 seats.
Although there are opinions that due to the new crown pneumonia epidemic, home office work has become widespread and offices in central Tokyo are no longer needed, but Junichi Yoshida, president of the Mitsubishi District Office, emphasized: "We will build Marunouchi into a (by company ) The selected block."
The tallest building in Japan is "Abeno Harukas" (Osaka City) at 300 meters. Mori Building Co., Ltd. (Tokyo) plans to build a 330-meter-high building in Minato-ku, Tokyo in 2023.
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