DN Tower 21"D" stands for Dai-ichi Life and "N" stands for the Norinchukin Bank is an office building in

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. It includes the former Dai-Ichi Seimei Building, in which

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following

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. The Government of Tokyo designated DN Tower 21 as a historical building in 2004. The shorter five-story building, the former headquarters of

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, was completed in 1933 (renovated 1989–1995) for the headquarters of the Norinchukin Bank, and the Dai-Ichi Seimei began to house its offices in the building in 1938. The shorter building was designed by the Japanese architect Jin Watanabe and Yosaku Matsumoto. The taller 21-story building (at 99.8 metres in height) began construction in 1988 and was completed in 1993, and was designed by the Irish-American architect

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was contracted to construct both buildings. The building still serves as headquarters for both the

Norinchukin Bank The , also referred to as Nochu Bank, is a Japanese cooperative bank serving over 5,612 agricultural, fishing and forestry cooperatives from its headquarters in Tokyo. Nochu is one of Japan's largest institutional investors with an investment ...

and

Dai-ichi Life , or Dai-ichi Life for short, is the third-largest life insurer in Japan by revenue, behind Japan Post Insurance and Nippon Life. Founded on September 15, 1902, Dai-Ichi was one of the oldest mutual insurance companies in Japan until a motion to ...

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{{coord, 35.675869, 139.760806, format=dms, display=title, type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000 Buildings and structures in Chiyoda, Tokyo Shimizu Corporation Dai-ichi Life Office buildings completed in 1933