Kasumigaseki Building
| Kasumigaseki Building | |
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| 霞が関ビル | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | Mixed-use |
| Location | 3-2-5 Kasumigaseki Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan |
| Coordinates | 35°40′17″N 139°44′50″E / 35.6712821°N 139.7472123°ECoordinates: 35°40′17″N 139°44′50″E / 35.6712821°N 139.7472123°E |
| Construction started | March 1965 |
| Completed | 1968 |
| Opening | April 1968 |
| Owner | Kasumi Kaikan Incorporated Association Mitsui Fudosan |
| Height | |
| Roof | 156 meters (512 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 36 above ground 3 below ground |
| Floor area | 153,234 square meters (1,649,400 sq ft) |
| Grounds | 16,320 square meters (175,700 sq ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Kajima Construction |
The Kasumigaseki Building (霞が関ビル Kasumigaseki biru?) is a 36-story skyscraper located in Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda, Tokyo. Completed in 1968, the building is widely regarded as the first modern office skyscraper in Japan. The reason high-rise buildings were not built in the country earlier was that Japan's Building Standard Law set an absolute height limit of 31 meters (102 ft) until 1963, when the limit was abolished in favor of a Floor Area Ratio limit.
The Asian Development Bank Institute has its head office on the 8th floor of the Kasumigaseki Building. On the same floor, the Asian Development Bank has its Japan offices.PricewaterhouseCoopers has offices on the 15th floor of the building.
At one time All Nippon Airways had its headquarters in the building. At one time Mitsui Chemicals had its headquarters in the building. In July 1978, when Nippon Cargo Airlines first began, it operated within a single room inside All Nippon Airways's space in the Kasumigaseki Building.
Two airlines, Garuda Indonesia and Union des Transports Aériens, at one time had offices in the building.
The Kasumigaseki Building is the main subject of the film Chōkōsō no Akebono, which was backed by Kajima Construction, the company that built the Kasumigaseki Building.
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