TOKYO – Three inches of glass. That’s all that separated me and a small group of tourists from the great plunge. We were standing some 1,500 feet above the world’s most populous city on the tippy-top ...

An estimated 200,000 people braved heavy rain in the Japanese capital on Tuesday to take part in the opening of the record-breaking Tokyo Sky Tree. The tallest free-standing communications tower in ...

The tallest tower in Tokyo, the Skytree, was lit up in red, white and blue, and bedazzled with the Olympic rings, to mark the ...

TOKYO--Nearly a year after the magnitude-9.0 quake that pummeled Japan, construction of the world's tallest tower, the Tokyo Sky Tree, is now complete. Builder Obayashi, which recently announced plans ...

TOKYO – The Tokyo Skytree, the world’s tallest freestanding tower, is more than just one of the city’s top tourist attractions: It is also a science laboratory for lightning and other research, and a ...

(AP) TOKYO - The world's tallest tower and Japan's biggest new landmark, the Tokyo Skytree, opened to the public on Tuesday. Nearly 8,000 visitors were expected to take high-speed elevators up to the ...

TOKYO -- The world's second-tallest structure opened to the public on Tuesday. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The Tokyo Sky Tree ...