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. It includes the former Dai-Ichi Seimei Building, in which

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following

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. The Government of Tokyo designated DN Tower 21 as a historical building in 2004. The shorter five-story building, the former headquarters of

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, was completed in 1933 (renovated 1989–1995) for the headquarters of the Norinchukin Bank, and the Dai-Ichi Seimei began to house its offices in the building in 1938. The shorter building was designed by the Japanese architect

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. The taller 21-storey building (at 99.8 metres in height) began construction in 1988 and was completed in 1993, and was designed by the Irish-American architect

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was contracted to construct both buildings. The building still serves as headquarters for both the

Norinchukin Bank The is a Japanese cooperative bank serving over 5,612 agricultural, fishing and forestry cooperatives from its headquarters in Tokyo. The bank is one of Japan's largest institutional investors with an investment portfolio of more than US$400 bill ...

and

Dai-ichi Life , or Dai-ichi Life for short, is the third-largest life insurer in Japan by revenue, behind Japan Post Insurance and Nippon Life. Founded on September 15, 1902, Dai-Ichi was one of the oldest mutual insurance companies in Japan until a motion to d ...

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External links

Government of Tokyo site
{{coord, 35.675869, 139.760806, format=dms, display=title, type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000 Buildings and structures in Chiyoda, Tokyo Shimizu Corporation Dai-ichi Life Office buildings completed in 1933