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National › New Tokyo Tower to be called 'Tokyo Sky Tree'

Tobu Railway Co said Tuesday the official name of the new tower to be built in Tokyo's Sumida Ward by 2012 will be the ''Tokyo… ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Tue, Jun 10 2008

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