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World Baseball Classic: Tokyo Skytree illumination

Tokyo Skytree is illuminated in rainbow colors on March 5, 2026, marking the opening of the World Baseball Classic in the Japanese capital. A photo panel of team Japan's Shohei Ohtani is erected in front of the tower.

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Cherry blossoms in Tokyo

A man takes a photo of cherry blossoms and the Tokyo SkyTree broadcast tower on Feb. 23, 2026.

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Tokyo SkyTree reopens after elevator halt

Staff members of Tokyo SkyTree tower announce the reopening of its observation deck to visitors on Feb. 26, 2026, after a three-day suspension due to an elevator malfunction. Twenty visitors were trapped for more than five hours starting on the night of Feb. 22 when an elevator stopped about 30 meters above street level while descending from the 350-meter-high observation deck.

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Tokyo SkyTree elevator halt

Photo shows Tokyo Skytree tower in the Japanese capital on the night of Feb. 22, 2026, after 20 visitors were trapped in an elevator that stopped about 30 meters above street level while descending from the 350-meter-high observation deck. The visitors were rescued after more than five hours, and no one was injured.

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Tokyo SkyTree elevator halt

An emergency vehicle is seen in front of Tokyo SkyTree tower in the Japanese capital on the night of Feb. 22, 2026, after 20 visitors were trapped in an elevator that stopped about 30 meters above street level while descending from the 350-meter-high observation deck. The visitors were rescued after more than five hours, and no one was injured.

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Tokyo SkyTree elevator halt

Photo shows Tokyo Skytree tower in the Japanese capital on the night of Feb. 22, 2026, after 20 visitors were trapped in an elevator that stopped about 30 meters above street level while descending from the 350-meter-high observation deck. The visitors were rescued after more than five hours, and no one was injured.

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Tokyo SkyTree elevator halt

Emergency vehicles are seen in front of Tokyo SkyTree tower in the Japanese capital on the night of Feb. 22, 2026, after 20 visitors were trapped in an elevator that stopped about 30 meters above street level while descending from the 350-meter-high observation deck. The visitors were rescued after more than five hours, and no one was injured.

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Japan: 20 Trapped in Elevator at Tokyo Skytree, 1,200 Stranded on Observation Deck

Twenty people, including two children, were trapped in an elevator at Tokyo Skytree on Sunday night, February 22. About 1,200 visitors were also temporarily stranded on the observation deck. Those trapped were safely rescued early Monday after about five hours. The facility closed Monday for inspections. This video shows visitors stranded in the observatory tower following the incident.

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Saori Minami

Saori Minami=Date: November 2, 1971, Place: Japan

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Ken Takakura

Ken Takakura on the set of the movie “Abashiri Prison”=Date : December 10, 1971, Place : Sounkyo, Hokkaido

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Tomisaburo Wakayama

Tomisaburo Wakayama=Place: Akasaka, Japan

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Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

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Tokyo Skytree lit up in 4 colors

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest free-standing tower, is illuminated in the three primary colors of red, green and blue (from L) and their combined color of white (far R) with LED lighting in Tokyo on Dec. 11, 2014, in an event to celebrate three Japan-born winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2014 for developing an efficient blue LED.

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Firework festival in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan, July 29 Kyodo - Fireworks explode near the Tokyo Skytree broadcasting tower during the annual Sumida River fireworks festival in Tokyo on July 29, 2018. Organizers said some 874,000 people watched the display.

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2 years until Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO, Japan, July 25 Kyodo - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Tokyo Skytree broadcasting tower being lit up in the five colors representing the Olympic rings on July 24, 2018, marking the start of the two-year countdown to the 2020 Olympics.

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Tokyo Tower still popular after ending relay role

TOKYO, Japan - A view of the Japanese capital from the Tokyo Tower's special observatory deck on Dec. 12, 2014, includes Tokyo Skytree (far back) and the Toranomon Hills skyscraper (fore L). The tower, designated as a national cultural property in June 2013, remains a popular sightseeing spot, drawing some 2 million visitors annually to its observatory deck, even after ceding its role as a radiowave transmission tower to Tokyo Skytree in 2012.

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Tokyo Tower still popular after ending relay role

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo Tower is seen from the newly named Tokyo Tower street leading up to it in the Japanese capital on Dec. 18, 2014. The tower, designated as a national cultural property in June 2013, remains a popular sightseeing spot, drawing some 2 million visitors annually to its observatory deck, even after ceding its role as a radiowave transmission tower to Tokyo Skytree in 2012.

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Tokyo Tower still popular after ceding relay role

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo Tower is lit up beneath the evening sky in the Japanese capital on Dec. 12, 2014. The tower, designated as a national cultural property in June 2013, remains a popular sightseeing spot, drawing some 2 million visitors annually to its observatory deck, even after ceding its role as a radiowave transmission tower to Tokyo Skytree in 2012.

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Visitors to Tokyo Skytree complex top 100 million

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors to the Tokyo Skytree commercial complex pose for a commemorative photo as their number exceeded 100 million on Sept. 17, 2014, following its opening in May 2012. It was the 849th day since the world's tallest broadcasting tower at 634 meters opened on May 22, 2012, in Tokyo's Sumida Ward.

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63.4-cm-tall tower of shaved ice sold at noodle shop

MIYAZAKI, Japan - A noodle shop staffer makes a 63.4-cm-tall tower of shaved ice called a "Miyazaki Skytree" in Miyazaki, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 21, 2014, to reference the 634-meter-high Tokyo Skytree.

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View from Kawasaki tower listed as 'night scene heritage'

KAWASAKI, Japan - A night view from the Kawasaki Marien tower in Kawasaki, neighboring Tokyo, photographed on Aug. 11, 2014, has been added to a list of "night scenery heritage sites" in Japan selected by a private group. The Tokyo Skytree broadcasting tower is seen in the distance and the light line running across is a residual image of light left by aircraft.

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Fireworks light up night sky over Sumida River

TOKYO, Japan - Fireworks light up the night sky during the Sumida River Fireworks Festival in Tokyo on July 26, 2014, with the illuminated Tokyo Skytree broadcasting tower seen in the distance.

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Use of radio waves eyed to forecast regional downpours

TOKYO, Japan - Seiji Kawamura, senior researcher at the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology in Koganei, western Tokyo, explains a prototype system to receive radio waves for terrestrial digital broadcasting from the Tokyo Skytree broadcasting tower to forecast regional torrential downpours, as seen in this file photo taken in June 2014.

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Tokyo Skytree illuminated on 2nd anniversary of opening

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Skytree, recognized by the Guinness World Records as the world's tallest tower at 634 meters, is illuminated to commemorate the second anniversary of its opening on May 22, 2014.

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Lightning flashes above Tokyo Skytree on 2nd anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - Lightning flashes above Tokyo Skytree, recognized by the Guinness World Records as the world's tallest tower at 634 meters, lit up on the second anniversary of its opening on May 22, 2014.

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Tokyo Skytree marks 2nd anniversary with diverse lighting

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Skytree, recognized by the Guinness World Records as the world's tallest tower at 634 meters, is decorated with six different illumination patterns to commemorate the second anniversary of its opening on May 22, 2014.

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Tokyo Skytree marks 2nd anniv. of opening

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter over Tokyo's Sumida Ward shows Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest broadcasting tower, on May 22, 2014, the day the 634-meter-tall tower marked the second anniversary of its opening.

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Skytree lit up by colors in red, white, blue

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest broadcasting tower at 634 meters, is lit up by LED lights in red, white and blue -- the colors of the Stars and Stripes flag -- on April 23, 2014, as U.S. President Barak Obama arrived in Tokyo for a three-day state visit to Japan.

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Heavy snow falls over Tokyo Skytree

TOKYO, Japan - Heavy snow falls over the Tokyo Skytree broadcasting tower in Sumida Ward on Feb. 8, 2014, forcing the operator to close the observation decks.

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Tokyo Skytree

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest broadcasting tower at 634 meters, on Dec. 6, 2013. The number of visitors to the observatory deck of the tower topped 10 million the same day since its opening on May 22, 2012.

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2020 Olympic host city Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a night view of Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2013. At center Tokyo Tower (C) is illuminated in Olympic colors after the Japanese capital was selected as the host city of the 2020 Summer Olympics. Seen in left back is the Tokyo Skytree tower.

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Asakusa Samba Carnival

TOKYO, Japan - Dancers perform on a street with Tokyo Skytree tower in the background during the Asakusa Samba Carnival in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2013.

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Hot weather in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Children play at a fountain near Tokyo Skytree tower (back) in the capital's Sumida Ward on Aug. 9, 2013, as hot weather continued in Tokyo and elsewhere in Japan.

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Summer refreshment

TOKYO, Japan - Drinkers raise a toast at a beer garden on the rooftop of a commercial facility called "Ekimise" in Tokyo's Asakusa district on July 8, 2013. Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest broadcasting tower at 634 meters, is visible in the background.

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Summer refreshment

TOKYO, Japan - Women raise a toast at a beer garden on the rooftop of a commercial facility called "Ekimise" in Tokyo's Asakusa district on July 8, 2013. Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest broadcasting tower at 634 meters, is visible in the background.

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Mt. Fuji chosen as Heritage site

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter flying over Tokyo's Sumida Ward shows Mt. Fuji in the background behind Tokyo Skytree tower on Jan. 1, 2013. The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO on June 22, 2013, decided to inscribe Mt. Fuji on the World Heritage List.

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Tokyo Skytree, Tokyo Tower

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 31, 2013, shows Tokyo Skytree (L back) and Tokyo Tower in the Japanese capital. Tokyo Skytree took on the role of full-fledged broadcasting tower for the greater Tokyo region as six TV stations started airwave transmissions at 9 a.m. the same day. Skytree took over the function from Tokyo Tower, which had beamed airwaves for TV viewers since 1959.

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Tokyo Skytree, Tokyo Tower

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 31, 2013, shows Tokyo Skytree (front) and Tokyo Tower (L back) in the Japanese capital. Tokyo Skytree took on the role of full-fledged broadcasting tower for the greater Tokyo region as six TV stations started airwave transmissions at 9 a.m. the same day. Skytree took over the function from Tokyo Tower, which had beamed airwaves for TV viewers since 1959.

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Tokyo Skytree, Tokyo Tower

TOKYO, Japan - Combination file photo shows Tokyo Tower (L) and Tokyo Skytree (R) in the Japanese capital. Tokyo Skytree took on the role of full-fledged broadcasting tower for the greater Tokyo region as six TV stations started airwave transmissions at 9 a.m. on May 31, 2013. Skytree took over the function from Tokyo Tower, which had beamed airwaves for TV viewers since 1959.

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Tokyo Skytree marks 1st anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - The 634-meter-tall Tokyo Skytree in the Japanese capital is specially illuminated to represent cherry blossoms on May 22, 2013, to mark the first anniversary of its opening. The world's tallest broadcast tower was illuminated the same night in 12 different colors used over the course of the year.

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Tokyo Skytree marks 1st anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - A boy jumps in front of the 634-meter-tall Tokyo Skytree specially lit up on May 22, 2013, the first anniversary of the opening of the world's tallest broadcast tower.

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Tokyo Skytree marks 1st anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - People take pictures of the 634-meter-tall Tokyo Skytree specially lit up on May 22, 2013, the first anniversary of the opening of the world's tallest broadcast tower.

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Tokyo Skytree marks 1st anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - The 634-meter-tall Tokyo Skytree in the Japanese capital is specially illuminated to represent cherry blossoms on May 22, 2013, to mark the first anniversary of its opening. The world's tallest broadcast tower was illuminated the same night in 12 different colors used over the course of the year.

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Tokyo Skytree marks 1st anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - The 634-meter-tall Tokyo Skytree in the Japanese capital is specially illuminated to represent a "white tree" on May 22, 2013, to mark the first anniversary of its opening. The world's tallest broadcast tower was illuminated the same night in 12 different colors used over the course of the year.

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Tokyo Skytree marks 1st anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - The 634-meter-tall Tokyo Skytree in the Japanese capital is specially illuminated to represent a "candle tree" on May 22, 2013, to mark the first anniversary of its opening. The world's tallest broadcast tower was illuminated the same night in 12 different colors used over the course of the year.

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Tokyo Skytree marks 1st anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - Students on a school excursion enjoy a night view of Tokyo from the "Tembo Deck" observation floor of the 634-meter-tall Tokyo Skytree on May 22, 2013, the first anniversary of the opening of the world's tallest broadcast tower.

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Tokyo Skytree marks 1st anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - The 634-meter-tall Tokyo Skytree in the Japanese capital is specially illuminated to represent a "champagne tree" on May 22, 2013, to mark the first anniversary of its opening. The world's tallest broadcast tower was illuminated the same night in 12 different colors used over the course of the year.

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Tokyo Skytree marks 1st anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - The 634-meter-tall Tokyo Skytree in the Japanese capital is specially illuminated to represent "fuyu iki" (winter chic) on May 22, 2013, to mark the first anniversary of its opening. The world's tallest broadcast tower was illuminated the same night in 12 different colors used over the course of the year.

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Tokyo Skytree marks 1st anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - The 634-meter-tall Tokyo Skytree in the Japanese capital is specially illuminated to represent "fuyu miyabi" (winter elegance) on May 22, 2013, to mark the first anniversary of its opening. The world's tallest broadcast tower was illuminated the same night in 12 different colors used over the course of the year.

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Tokyo Skytree marks 1st anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - The 634-meter-tall Tokyo Skytree in the Japanese capital is specially illuminated to represent the city's invitation to the Olympics and Paralympics on May 22, 2013, to mark the first anniversary of its opening. The world's tallest broadcast tower was illuminated the same night in 12 different colors used over the course of the year.