National May 28, 2020
The tower will open the 600-step staircase leading to the main deck so that visitors who stayed home during the virus emergency can exercise.
Issues | THE FOREIGN ELEMENT Sep 1, 2019
There are around 600 steps that you can climb to get to the main deck of Tokyo Tower. Those who've signed up for the TELL Tokyo Tower Climb, however, have already taken the most important step. The Tokyo-based not-for-profit organization is holding its annual climb ...
National / History | JAPAN TIMES GONE BY Oct 6, 2018
A delicious sauce, comparable to shōyu, made by a process of properly mixed coconut milk sugar and salt has been discovered by a Japanese school teacher in Davao, Philippines.
National | AT A GLANCE Mar 1, 2016
Tokyo Tower, an enduring tourist landmark
by Satoko Kawasaki
Tokyo Tower may no longer be the tallest structure in Japan, nor a full-fledged broadcasting tower, as Tokyo Skytree now holds that joint title. But it is still one of the most popular places for tourists to visit and an icon of the capital, ...
National Jan 20, 2016
Minato Ward to protect few remaining views of Tokyo Tower
by Tomoko Otake
The area that houses the Tokyo Tower takes steps to ensure that high-rises do not obliterate the few remaining views of it.
National Jul 4, 2015
Tokyo Tower will be illuminated in blue, pink and white to cheer on the national soccer team Sunday evening before they take on the United States at the Women's World Cup final, the Japan Football Association said. From sunset to 10 p.m., the 333-meter-high landmark ...
National Sep 18, 2013
A 6-year-old boy descending from Tokyo Tower's upper observatory deck received a hand injury Tuesday after one of the elevator's windows broke during an emergency stop, the tower operator said. The elevator came to a sudden stop about 200 meters from the ground, shattering a ...
Art / Openings In Tokyo Jul 17, 2013
'Fujiko F. Fujio 80th Anniversary Exhibition'
by Alisa Yamasaki
Tokyo Tower is celebrating the 80th anniversary of Hiroshi Fujimoto, better known as Fujiko F. Fujio, one half of the cartoonist duo Fujiko Fujio, who created the popular mechanical cat character Doraemon. The tower's exhibition features some of Fujimoto's most famous works, including Perman ...
National Jun 1, 2013
Tokyo Skytree took on its role Friday as a full-fledged broadcasting tower for the greater Tokyo region, with six TV stations sending out transmissions starting at 9 a.m. Towering 634 meters above Sumida Ward, Skytree started out last year as a tourist spot. It has taken ...
National May 16, 2013
Work began Wednesday at Tokyo Tower to remove the statues of 15 Sakhalin huskies that accompanied the first Japanese expedition to the Antarctic in the late 1950s. The statues, which have stood near the broadcast tower for more than 50 years, include those of Taro ...
General | WEEK 3 Oct 21, 2007
Get on the bus: An Asian neighbor's view of Japan
by Edan Corkill
Mr. Zhang, a businessman from Wuxi with a passing resemblance to Steve McQueen, is what his countrymen refer to as "a proud Chinese." Kicking pebbles outside the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, where our tour bus has dropped us for a 30-minute wander, he announces, ...