Yomiuri Shimbun Building

A 33-story skyscraper completed in November 2013 in Otemachi, Chiyoda City, standing 200 meters tall. Headquarters of the Yomiuri Shimbun Tokyo editorial operations, with a multi-purpose hall embedded in its lower floors. Designed by Nikken Sekkei.

Use

Office tower

Area

Chiyoda City

Completed

2013

Floors

33 above ground, 3 below

Height

200 m

Architect

Nikken Sekkei

A Media Tower Rooted in Otemachi

At 1-7-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda City, a short walk from the intersection of Nihonbashi-dori and Otemachi-dori, the Yomiuri Shimbun Building stands with a quiet authority. Completed in November 2013 — 33 floors above ground, three below, rising 200 meters — it was designed by Nikken Sekkei and constructed by Shimizu Corporation. At the time of its completion, it was the tallest building in the Otemachi district.

The facade is a composed stack of horizontal glass bands, placing function above ornament. The lower floors accommodate a pharmacy, nursery, and clinic — the infrastructure of daily life folded into a corporate headquarters. Most notable is the multi-purpose hall set into the lower levels. For a media enterprise whose core business is the production and distribution of information, embedding a cultural venue inside the building reads as a deliberate statement: this is not merely a corporate tower but a hub for intellectual exchange.

Holding Ground as the District Transforms Around It

Otemachi has been one of Tokyo’s most active chain-redevelopment districts. Since the early 2010s, towers including The Otemachi Tower, Otemachi Financial City, and Tokiwabashi Tower have risen in sequence, each completion triggering the next phase. Through this cycle, the Yomiuri Shimbun Building has remained largely unchanged since 2013, anchoring the Yomiuri Group’s Tokyo operations at the same address through successive waves of neighborhood reinvention.

That a major media organization — one navigating a structural shift away from print — continues to occupy a 200-meter tower on one of Tokyo’s most valuable plots reflects something about the relationship between institutional presence and place. As taller and newer buildings complete the skyline around it, this tower of 2013 offers a useful baseline: a fixed point from which to read how Otemachi has been remaking itself year by year.

Summary

The Yomiuri Shimbun Building was completed in November 2013 — 33 floors above ground, three below, standing 200 meters tall. Designed by Nikken Sekkei and built by Shimizu Corporation, it integrates the Yomiuri Group’s Tokyo headquarters with a multi-purpose hall in a single tower. Walking Otemachi and pausing in front of this building alongside Tokiwabashi Tower and The Otemachi Tower reveals the layering of nearly fifteen years of urban renewal in a single city block. The neighborhood around Otemachi and Tokyo Station offers a range of hotel options, making it well suited as a base for a full day on foot.

Related: Tokiwabashi Tower / The Otemachi Tower / Otemachi Place