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| 2008.3.30 Nippori-Toneri Liner starts running | 2008.2.26 Akasaka Sakas as seen from the air | 2007.12.6 Tsukuba Express | 2007.11.2 Grand Tokyo North and South Towers in front of Tokyo Station | 2007.10.7 Armani Ginza Tower | ||||
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| 2007.10.6 Yurakucho Marui opens in Ginza | 2007.4.27 Shin Marunouchi Building opens in Tokyo | 2007.3.30 Tokyo Midtown opens | 2007.3.26 Tokyo Midtown | 2007.3.26 Tokyo Midtown | ||||
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| 2007.1.20 Kokuritsu Shin Bijutsukan opens. It is covered with 4,700 pieces of glass, making its external wall appear like a wave. | 2006.8.80 Akihabara IT buildings | 2006.6.7 Chugin capsule tower | 2006.3.19 Omotesnado Hills and 21SY Building | 2006.2 Omotesando Hills Photo Exhibition “Dojunkai Kioku Apartment” opens | ||||
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| 2005.12.20 Around Akihabara station | 2004.11.2 Tsukuba Express trial run | 2003.10.1 Nozomi 111 (outbound) leaving Shinagawa Station | 2003.9.25 Shinkansen/Shinagawa Station development | 2003.7.16 Shidome Shiosite. Nihon TV (center) and Shidome highrise | ||||
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| 2003.4.29 Roppongi Hills | 2003.4.21 Roppongi HIlls. Re-development area with 11 buildings incuding super highrise office building | 2002.12.24 Shiodome Shiosite | 2002.9.4 Marunouchi Building (“Marubiru”) transformation into super highrise | 2002.2.22 Last re-development of metropolis. Minato-ku and Shiodome District in Tokyo | ||||
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| 2001.5.25 Seiroka International Hospital, Seiroka Tower | 2001.5.25 Triton Square | 2000.12.12 Oedo Line opens. Memorial “Queen” Train | 2000.12.11 Oedo Line celebrates its launch. Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara rides on a train. | 2000.10.5 Tokyo Stadium opens | ||||
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| 2000.2 Tokyo Stadium debuts | 2000.1.30 Rinkai Fukutoshin, Odaiba | 2000.1.30 Yurakucho Station vicinity | 1997.6.13 Fuji TV | 1997.1 Tokyo Kokusai Forum | ||||
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| 1995.2.17 Tokyo Dome | 1993.8 Rainbow Bridge which connects Rikai Fukutoshin and Tokyo | 1991.3 Shin Tocho Building | 1991.2 Bird’s eye view of Shin Tokyo Tocho area | 1991.2 Bird’s eye view of Tocho building in Tokyo | ||||
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| 1987.10.30 Korakuen Dome | 1984.10.6 Yurakucho Marion opens | 1984.8 Yurakucho Marion | 1978.4.5 Opening ceremony was held for “Sunshine 60″ in Ikebukuro | 1974.12 Skyscrapers in Shinjuku Fukutoshin | ||||
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| 1969.10 Tokyo’s super highrises. National Electric company | 1968.4.17 Kasumigaseki Highrise building with 36 floors | 1968.4.12 Kasumigaseki Building opens | 1964.10.1 Tokaido Shinkansen (bullet train) opens | 1958.12 Tokyo Tower reaches height of 333 meters |
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