Japanese skyscrapers have enormous floor plates.
Point of clarification: the bronze colored tower on the left foreground is the Tokiwabashi tower, part of the Tokyo Torch complex. The tower in the background is another megaproject in Nihonbashi. It’ll house the new Waldorf Astoria, among other things.
Ahh, so the Torch Tower was the gigantic construction site then? I could’ve sworn the tower in the background was it because of the spot at the top. Seems like a pretty unique feature but ig not
Yes to your point the Tokyo Tower site wouldve been the construction site out of frame to the left of your photo, west of the Tokiwabashi Tower.
I was reading it was connected to the bronze tower there but was confused cause I thought the other tower was it. That makes way more sense.
Tokyo Torch will actually be over 100m taller and have a larger footprint than the Nihonbashi development, which is shaped like an L while TT is square like.
Tokyo Torch
Nihonbashi
It does look like the Nihonbashi tower is topped out though so just add another 100m and you have the height of Tokyo Torch.
Ahh thanks. It’s very confusing. There’s so much development going on in the area. (Not to mention Shibuya and Shinjuku)
Relative to the Tokyo Torch render the Nihonbashi development would actually partially appear on the very left so that sort of helps get your bearings, the 2 existing buildings appear on both renders.
Another interesting thing is the rendering for the Nihonbashi tower shows the river exposed and no expressway, while the Torch rendering has the expressway still there. They plan to daylight the river between those buildings by 2035.
That’s a massive steel frame. I’m curious—has a complete diagram or model of the entire steel frame been created yet?
First image of relevance I could find
Wow, already around 320ft! 
Thanks for the explanation.
So they’re currently building the second floor in that area. I think these might be technical floors, and the very strong diagonal bracing could help counteract lateral forces (such as those from an earthquake).
Based on the recent photo, the tower is currently two floors above the braced floors. Based on history and architectural history in Japan, it’s absolutely to reduce swaying from quakes. Hell, even with that mass just on the ground I’m sure this will barely move in a 9.0 magnitude earthquake