Big in Japan: country’s tallest skyscraper opens in Tokyo

TOKYO: Japan´s new tallest building opened in Tokyo on Friday, taking the title from an Osaka skyscraper.

The 330-metre-high Azabudai Hills Mori JP Tower is not Japan´s highest structure, which is still the Tokyo Skytree, a broadcasting and observation tower in the capital´s east, which stands at 634 metres. But it does have a 30-metre advantage over the Abeno Harukas building in Osaka, previously Japan´s tallest building.

The JP Tower and its surrounding facilities have an overall floor area of around 861,700 square metres, and include office space, green areas, residential units, hotel rooms, and shops and restaurants, its developer Mori Building said in a statement.