Japanese contractor Shimizu Corp., its subsidiary SC Machinery and power assisting technology firm Active Link jointly developed a robot which helps heavy steel rebar works. The companies on September…

East Japan Railway Co. will begin construction within this month of its planned new station on Yamanote Line between Shinagawa and Tamachi stations. The world-renowned architect Kengo Kuma is responsi…

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe directed on September 12 to initiate productivity enhancement in the construction sector to the Council on Investments for the Future, which was launched to implemen…

Japanese contractor Kumagai Gumi and Chinese conglomerate CITIC established a joint venture which was contracted with the government of Hong Kong to manage, operate and maintain for three years the un…

Japanese major builder Kajima Corp. announced on August 25 that it achieved a record 270 meters NATM excavation per month with 110 m2-plus cross section. Taking advantages of various technologies such…

The 57.1 km Ben Luc-Long Thanh Section of Vietnamese North-South Expressway is partly being built by two Japanese construction companies and local firms. The 10.7 km section funded by Japanese ODA con…

A group of small and mid-sized construction companies will participate in a mission to Vietnam and Myanmar in September, said Japanese Infrastructure Ministry. About fifteen each of the firms that att…

A subsidiary of Japanese construction giant Obayashi Corp. broke ground on August 3 to build the nation’s largest in scale biomass power station using domestic wood chips as resources in Otsuki City, …

Mitsubishi Corp. and Mitsubishi Estate Co. announced a plan to develop a multi-purpose buildings with 200,000m2 floor space near Yangon Central Station in the largest city of Myanmar. The total projec…

Seventeen buildings worldwide including a museum in Tokyo designed by renowned architect Le Corbusier are to be listed in the World Heritage of UNESCO. National Museum of Western Art in Ueno, the only…