The Insane Engineering of Tokyo's First Supertall Skyscraper

Building tall in Japan isn't easy.
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0:00 Intro
1:34 Building Tall in Japan
3:54 The Main Tower
5:13 Masterworks
6:14 Seismic Engineering
8:42 The Masterplan
9:38 Turkey-Syria Disaster

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