OSAKA - Japanese railway company Kintetsu Corporation announced Thursday that the Abeno Harukas currently under construction in the western Japanese city of Osaka will become the tallest skyscraper in the country.    

The Osaka-based railway company said workers successfully installed an 11-meter steel beam on the top of the 60-story building and the building reached a height of 300 meters as planned on Thursday morning.    

The Osaka's forthcoming landmark is constructed in the southern commercial district of the city where several railway terminals including Kintetsu lines are located.  

Upon its scheduled completion in 2014, Abeno Harukas will officially replace the Yokohama Landmark tower (296 meters) as the country's tallest building.

The 300-meter-high building will cover a total floor area of more than 300,000 square meters, including a museum, a hotel, a department store, shops, offices and restaurants, the company said.

Construction of the building began in February 2011.

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