The Imperial Hotel, a historic high-end hotel in Tokyo revealed on October 27 the artistic impression of a new main building planned to replace the existing hotel in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. France-based Ja…

Japanese subway operator Tokyo Metro is developing an educational business for employees of overseas transport providers. The company held a three-day free online course in June to introduce its initi…

Mr. Tetsuo Saito has been appointed on October 4th as the new Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan in the new cabinet led by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Minister Saito he…

Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corporation and its R&D subsidiary Woven Planet Holdings held on February 23rd a ground-breaking ceremony to build "Woven City," a demonstration project of a connected …

Japanese construction contractor Taisei Corporation announced on February 16th that it has developed carbon negative concrete that significantly reduces the emission of carbon dioxide during the produ…

Japanese engineering consulting firm Nippon Koei announced on January 27th that a part of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) planned by the Indian government has completed, in which a group …

Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) held an online job fair in Cambodia on January 16th and in Vietnam on 17th as part of its efforts to promote the overseas expans…

Kyoto University and Tokyo-based housing developer Sumitomo Forestry announced on December 23rd that they will begin a joint research on the tree growth and the use of timber in space. The research in…

The Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition, the organizer of the event will begin desgin works of pavillions by the end of March 2021. The master plan for the venue and the exhibition was ann…

　In response to the nation's second state of emergency declared in Tokyo and three neigbouring prefectures on January 7th, construction companies are making decisions on their measures in an effort to…