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in Akasaka, Minato,

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, Japan. Completed in 2007, it is the tallest of the six buildings within the Tokyo Midtown complex, at , and was the tallest building in Tokyo until 2014.

Construction

Located at the center of the Tokyo Midtown development, Midtown Tower is the tallest of the six buildings located within the complex. At , it was the tallest building in

from the completion of primary construction in January 2007 until the completion of Toranomon Hills in 2014. Its official grand opening was on March 31, 2007, though the offices had been open since February. The building was designed by Chicago-based architectural firm

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with help from Nikken Sekkei Ltd. and built by the Takenaka and

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Facilities

As a mixed-use facility, Midtown Tower's 54 floors are utilized in different ways. Several conference rooms occupy the entirety of the 4th floor. The 5th floor is the home of the Tokyo Midtown Design Hub, a gallery and space for exhibitions, collaborations and discussions by designers. Tokyo Midtown Medical Center is located on the 6th floor. This medical facility is the first Japan-based collaboration with

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. Unlike similar supertall skyscrapers in the area such as Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, Midtown Tower's top 54th floor is not a visitors' observation deck but rather houses building components and maintenance facilities.

Office tenants

Floors 7 to 44 are designated as commercial office space and house the offices of (among others): * Bain & Company *

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* Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Holdings * Coupa Software *

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* Fast Retailing (Roppongi Office) * Herbert Smith Freehills *

Hudson Soft was a Japanese video game company known for releasing numerous titles across video game consoles, home computers, and mobile phones. Headquartered in the Midtown Tower in Tokyo, it also maintained an office in the Hudson Building in Sapporo. F ...

(formerly) * Nike * Nikko Asset Management *

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(Tokyo 2nd Office) * State Street Bank (formerly) *

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(formerly)

Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo

Floors 45 to 53 are home to Japan's second Ritz-Carlton hotel – the 247-room Ritz-Carlton Tokyo. The hotel offers many notable features including Japan’s most expensive Presidential Suite, available for $20,000 per night, and an "authentic" 200-year-old Japanese tearoom. Four works measuring in height by American painter Sam Francis appear in the building's lobby, that, along with the second and third floors, is utilized by the hotel. The Ritz-Carlton Suite, billed at per night, was listed at number 9 on ''World's 15 most expensive hotel suites'' compiled by CNN Go in 2012.Arnold, Hele
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