Shinjuku Center Building
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The Shinjuku Center Building (新宿センタービル Shinjuku Sentā Biru?) is a skyscraper in the Nishi-Shinjuku business district in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. It has a height of 223 metres and 54 floors. The building opened on October 31, 1979 and was fully renovated in 1998.[citation needed] It serves as the headquarters of the Taisei Construction Company. The Shinjuku Center Building serves as a workplace for 10,000 people, and is visited by over 25,000 people daily.
Nishi-Shinjuku
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Nishi-Shinjuku (西新宿?) is a skyscraper business district in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. This region was called Tsunohazu (角筈?) before.
Nishi-Shinjuku was Tokyo's first major foray into building skyscrapers with the first appearing in the 1970s with Keio Plaza Inter-Continental. Kenzo Tange's Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building being the current latest. Tower I was also the tallest building in Japan at this time.
Progress continues in Nishi-Shinjuku and in West Shinjuku which is heading away from the city center and has the site of the proposed Nishi-Shinjuku 3-Chōme Redevelopment with plans for what will be three of the four tallest buildings in Japan.
Economy
Livedoor has its headquarters in the Sumitomo Fudosan Nishishinjuku Building (住友不動産西新宿ビル Sumitomo Fudōsan Nishi-Shinjuku Biru?) in Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku, Tokyo.H.I.S. has its headquarters in the Shinjuku Oak Tower in Nishi-Shinjuku. Seiko Epson's Tokyo Office is in the Shinjuku NS Building in Nishi-Shinjuku. Capcom's Tokyo offices are located in the Shinjuku Mitsui Building. Taisei Corporation has its headquarters in Nishi-Shinjuku.
