The is a 44-story skyscraper located in Nagatachō, Chiyoda, Tokyo

Chiyoda, Tokyo

is one of the 23 special wards in central Tokyo, Japan. In English, it is called Chiyoda ward. As of October 2007, the ward has an estimated population of 45,543 and a population density of 3,912 people per km², making it by far the least populated of the special wards...

, Japan

Japan

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. It is the second highest building of the ward, after the Shin-Marunouchi Building

Shin-Marunouchi Building

The , or New Marunouchi Building, is the highest building of the Chiyoda ward in Tokyo. The building was completed on April 19, 2007, and open to the public on April 27, 2007. It is often called as "Shin Maru Biru" in short.- Overview :...

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The headquarters of the largest mobile carrier in Japan, NTT docomo

NTT DoCoMo

is the predominant mobile phone operator in Japan. The name is officially an abbreviation of the phrase, "do communications over the mobile network", and is also from a compound word dokomo, meaning "everywhere" in Japanese. Docomo provides phone, video phone , i-mode , and mail services...

, are located on the 7th to 9th and 27th to 44th floors.
The lower floors house several multinational corporation

Multinational corporation

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s, such as Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Bank AG is a global financial service company with its headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany. It employs more than 100,000 people in over 70 countries, and has a large presence in Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific and the emerging markets...

, DuPont

DuPont

E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company , commonly referred to as DuPont, is an American chemical company that was founded in July 1802 as a gunpowder mill by Eleuthère Irénée du Pont. DuPont was the world's third largest chemical company based on market capitalization and ninth based on revenue in 2009...

, Cushman & Wakefield, Bank of America

Bank of America

Bank of America Corporation, an American multinational banking and financial services corporation, is the second largest bank holding company in the United States by assets, and the fourth largest bank in the U.S. by market capitalization. The bank is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina...

, Philip Morris

Philip Morris International

Philip Morris International is an international tobacco company, with products sold in over 160 countries. In 2007, it held a 15.6% share of the international cigarette market outside of the USA and reported revenues net of excise taxes of $22.8 billion and operating income of $8.9 billion.Until...

, Estée Lauder

Estée Lauder Companies

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. The headquarters of the Consumer Affairs Agency of Japan are located on the 4th to 6th floors.
The "Skylobby" at the 27th floor has restaurants and a closed observation deck

Observation deck

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Just at the foot of the Hie Shrine

Hie Shrine

The is a Shinto shrine in Nagatachō, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Its June 15 Sannō Matsuri is one of the three great Japanese festivals of Edo...

, the skyscraper overlooks directly both the Prime Minister of Japan

Prime Minister of Japan

The is the head of government of Japan. He is appointed by the Emperor of Japan after being designated by the Diet from among its members, and must enjoy the confidence of the House of Representatives to remain in office...

's official residence

Kantei

The is the principal workplace of the Prime Minister of Japan.- About :Located at 2-3-1 Nagata-chō, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8968, it is diagonally adjacent to the National Diet Building. The new residence went into service in April 2002 and replaced the former residence, built in 1929. The former...

 (Sōri Kantei) and the Diet Building.
As a consequence, windows of the tower in the direction of the Prime Minister's residence are all locked, and there are no windows on the residence side giving in the Park Tower direction.
To achieve such a height in such a strategical location, air rights

Air rights

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 were bought from the neighbouring Hie Shrine.

The building stands over Tameike-Sannō Station

Tameike-Sanno Station

is a subway station in the Tokyo Metro network. It is located in the wards of Chiyoda and Minato .-History:The station opened on September 30, 1997 as the southern terminus of the Namboku Line...

 which is served by the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line

Tokyo Metro Ginza Line

The is a subway line located in Tokyo, Japan. It is part of the of Tokyo Metro network. The official name is . It is 14.3 km long and serves the wards of Shibuya, Minato, Chūō, Chiyoda, and Taitō....

 (G06), Tokyo Metro Namboku Line

Tokyo Metro Namboku Line

The is a subway line owned and operated by Tokyo Metro in Tokyo, Japan. Its name literally means South-North Line. The line runs between Meguro in Shinagawa and Akabane-Iwabuchi in Kita...

 (N06) and linked to Kokkai-gijidō-mae Station

Kokkai-gijido-mae Station

is a Tokyo Metro station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, located adjacent to the National Diet Building.The Chiyoda Line platforms are 37.9 m underground, making this station the deepest in the Tokyo Metro network...

 (M14) on the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line.

Tenants

The Swiss House, the Japanese offices of Swiss International Air Lines

Swiss International Air Lines

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, are located in the Sanno Park Tower Annex.

External links

• Sanno Park Tower - Mitsubishi Estate