Tokyo Skytree to open May 22

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 21, 2012, shows Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest broadcasting tower at 634 meters, and Tokyo Skytree Town, the 37,000-square-meter commercial complex at its base, in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on the eve of their opening to the public.

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