The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism has announced plans to conduct social experiments for dedicated lanes for autonomous delivery carts on highways, called "Autonomous Logisti…

Japanese construction company Obayashi announced on August 9th that it has conducted a pilot test in collaboration with Komatsu to explore the utilization of hydrogen at construction sites. The test w…

Japanese construction company Obayashi Corporation has inaugurated a new research and development center in Singapore, aiming to serve as a hub for nurturing and disseminating next-generation construc…

Japanese construction company Takenaka Corporation, in collaboration with other partners, will conduct a demonstration experiment combining autonomous vehicle transportation and drone flight in Decemb…

On July 24th, Japanese engineering consulting firm Chodai Co., Ltd. announced that it has signed a partnership agreement with FlexBase, a Dutch company specializing in designing and building floating …

Japanese construction company Kajima has secured permission to operate the Level 4 autonomous bus "ARMA" within the Haneda Innovation City (HICity) complex in Ota Ward, Tokyo. This approval marks the …

Japanese construction company Obayashi Corporation has begun to reuse steel and concrete structural components from demolished buildings in new construction projects. This innovative method was employ…

The Overseas Construction Association of Japan, OCAJI announced that the overseas construction orders received by its 52 member companies for the fiscal year 2023 amounted to ¥2.2907 trillion, marking…

Japanese construction company Shimizu Corporation has developed a carbon-negative resin concrete, which achieves a net negative CO2 emission, and applied it for the first time in a road construction p…

Japanese cosmetics company KOSÉ Corporation announced a plan to construct a factory in Minami-Alps City, Yamanashi Prefecture, utilizing CO2-free hydroelectric power. This marks the first instance in …