Completion of Tokyo Skytree

Date: February 29, 2012 • Location: Sumida-ku, Japan

Construction of Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest tower and third-tallest structure, was completed.

Tokyo Skytree , a.k.a Tokyo Sky Tree, is a broadcasting and observation tower, located in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan. It has been the tallest tower in Japan since opening in 2012, and reached its full height of 634 metres in early 2011, making it the tallest tower in the world, displacing the Canton Tower, and the third tallest structure in the world behind Merdeka 118 and Burj Khalifa.