Japanese real estate developer Mitsui Fudosan announced on January 28 the launch of the new hotel brand “sequence” which features cutting edge designs by a collaboration with designers and creators an…

Japanese construction contractor Takenaka Corp. announced that it has been appointed as a contractor of expansion of Terminal 2 of Changi International Airport in Singapore by the airport operator CAG…

The Great Hanshin Earthquake struck Kobe and neighboring areas in western Japan 25 years ago on January 17th, which overturned the “safety myth” of infrastructure and buildings and caused a significan…

Tokyo-based engineering consulting firm Nippon Koei announced that it won multiple contracts of transport infrastructure in Chennai, a southern city of India. The company will design the metro line an…

Japanese construction company Shimizu announced December 26 that it has completed the pilot project of purifying soil contaminated by the wartime defoliant Agent Orange at Bien Hoa Airport in suburban…

Tokyo Metropolitan Government will promote hydrogen energy during the Olympic Games in the athletes’ village. The private sector will build and operate the temporary hydrogen station and the pipeline …

The ceremony to celebrate completion of Japan’s new national stadium was held on December 15 with attendance of the government leaders including Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Representatives of the contr…

The new national stadium has been completed by a group of contractors, Taisei Corp., Azusa Sekkei Co. and Kengo Kuma and Associates after three years of construction which begun in December 2016.　 The…

Sumitomo Realty & Development revealed November 27 the details of one of the largest developments in Tokyo in decades. The 11 ha “Ariake Garden” will have multiple buildings of total 330,000 m2 floor …

Tokyo-based satellite launch company Space One held a groundbreaking ceremony on November 16 to construct the nation’s first rocket-launch facility owned by a private company in Kushimoto-cho, Wakayam…