Japanese construction companies Kajima and Takenaka, together with two construction machinery rental companies AKTIO, and Kanamoto have developed the remote operation system for tower cranes. The syst…

Japanese construction company Obayashi, Shizuoka University and Japan Manned Space Systems Corporation started an experiment on the carbon nano tube (CNT) in space for the space elevator project. Test…

Five Japanese organizations in the business of port and marine construction established a council to study conditions for accepting foreign workers. The first meeting was held on June 9th, and Mr. Hir…

Yokohama City announced on June 5th that it selected a group of companies led by Malaysian conglomerate Berjaya Corporation to develop a 2.2 ha land in Minato Mirai 21. The group called "BMD62" propos…

Japanese Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism Kazuyoshi Akaba visited Toranomon Hills Station, which is to be opened on June 6th on Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line. He also visited the Tor…

Japanese contractor Kajima and heavy equipment maker Komatsu announced that they jointly developed the world’s first hybrid tunneling machine taking advantages of the Tunnel Boring Machine method and …

Kesennuma Bay Bridge, a symbol of reconstruction from the Great East Japan Earthquake is nearing completion. The last girder of the bridge was placed on May 23 in Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture, wh…

UK-based design firm BDP, a subsidiary of Japanese engineering consulting firm Nippon Koei has been involved in design works of a temporary hospital in London for treatment of COVID-19 patients. With …

A group of researchers at Japan Construction Machinery and Construction Association, Gifu University, and companies including Shimizu Corporation, Sumitomo Osaka Cement, and NIPPO developed the hybrid…

Japanese construction company Toda Corporation and Nagoya-based electronics components maker Murata Manufacturing are aiming to develop a business scheme that combines the use of renewable energy at c…