Sompo Japan Building

Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Head Office Building
Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Head Office Building
	損保ジャパン日本興亜本社ビル
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General information
Status	Complete
Location	1-26-1 Nishi-Shinjuku; Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
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Construction started	1973
Completed	1976
Owner	Sompo Japan
Height
Antenna spire	200 meters (660 ft)
Roof	193 meters (633 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	43 above ground; 6 below ground
Floor area	166,768 m2 (1,795,100 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect	Yoshikazu Uchida
Main contractor	Taisei Corporation; Shimizu Corporation

The Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Head Office Building (損保ジャパン日本興亜本社ビル, Sonpo Japan Nipponkōa Honsha Biru^?) is the corporate headquarters for Sompo Japan Insurance. It is located in the district Nishi-Shinjuku in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. At 200 metres (656 ft), the building is the 28th tallest building in Tokyo and the 33rd tallest in Japan. It was designed by Yoshikazu Uchida.

On the 42nd floor is Seiji Togo Memorial Sompo Japan Museum of Art, where one of Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" series of paintings is located.

The building is similar in appearance to Chase Tower. The building made an appearance in the 1984 film Return of Godzilla.

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