Tokyo Tower gets shorter for 1st time

Tokyo Tower gets shorter for 1st time

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Tokyo Tower (L) at 333-meters tall in February 2012, and the same tower at 315-meter-tall on July 19, 2012. It shrank due to recently started work to replace antenna equipment atop the structure damaged by the massive March 2011 earthquake. It is expected to regain its previous height when the work is complete in mid-August.

Giant solar power generator completed in central Japan

Giant solar power generator completed in central Japan

TOWN OF ANPACHI, Japan - A ship-shaped solar power generator, completed in the village of Anpachi, Gifu Prefecture, by Sanyo Electric Co., is put to media preview Dec. 20. The structure that cost 3.3 billion yen to build, is 315 meters long, 37.1 meter high and 13.7 meter wide. Equipped with 5,000 solar cell panels, it can generate 530,000 kilowatts of electricity annually, reducing 95 tons of carbon dioxide, Sanyo said. Pictured to the fore is a JR Tokai Shinkansen bullet train.

Giant solar power generator completed in central Japan

Giant solar power generator completed in central Japan

TOWN OF ANPACHI, Japan - A ship-shaped solar power generator, completed in the village of Anpachi, Gifu Prefecture, by Sanyo Electric Co., is put to media preview Dec. 20. The structure that cost 3.3 billion yen to build, is 315 meters long, 37.1 meter high and 13.7 meter wide. Equipped with 5,000 solar cell panels, it can generate 530,000 kilowatts of electricity annually, reducing 95 tons of carbon dioxide, Sanyo said. Pictured to the fore is a JR Tokai Shinkansen bullet train.