Nishi-Shinjuku (西新宿) is a skyscraper business district in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. This region was called Tsunohazu (角筈) before.
Nishi-Shinjuku was Tokyo's first major foray into building skyscrapers with the first appearing in the 1970s with Keio Plaza Inter-Continental. Kenzo Tange's Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building being the current latest. Tower I was also the tallest building in Japan at this time.
Progress continues in Nishi-Shinjuku and in West Shinjuku which is heading away from the city center and has the site of the proposed Nishi-Shinjuku 3-Chōme Redevelopment with plans for what will be three of the four tallest buildings in Japan.
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Livedoor has its headquarters in the Sumitomo Fudosan Nishishinjuku Building (住友不動産西新宿ビル Sumitomo Fudōsan Nishi-Shinjuku Biru) in Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku, Tokyo.[1] H.I.S. has its headquarters in the Shinjuku Oak Tower in Nishi-Shinjuku.[2] Seiko Epson's Tokyo Office is in the Shinjuku NS Building in Nishi-Shinjuku.[3] Capcom's Tokyo offices are located in the Shinjuku Mitsui Building.[4]
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