Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1824272-20150502231951/@comment-1824272-20150504002759

The Tokyo Sky Tree was completely finished and opened to the public in early 2012, yes, but the actual structure reached its full height in 2011, so it's not too far-fetched for them to render it in-game. Since the game explicitly states the year, thanks to Loconator's screenshot, that's what we're going with.