Tokyo Sky Tree is world's tallest tower: Guinness World Records

Tokyo Sky Tree is world's tallest tower: Guinness World Records

TOKYO, Japan - Alistair Richards (R), managing director of Guinness World Records, and Michiaki Suzuki, president of Tobu Tower Sky Tree Co., hold a Guinness World Records certificate recognizing the 634-meter-high broadcast tower as the world's tallest tower during a ceremony in Tokyo on Nov. 17, 2011. Tokyo Sky Tree is scheduled to open to the public in May 2012. (Kyodo)

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