Japanese contractor Daiwa House Industry Co. and Taisei Corp. have established a joint venture to develop a multi-purpose complex comprising housing, offices and retails in the capital city of Vietnam…

Japanese contractor Takenaka Corp. and plasterboard maker Yoshino Gypsum Co. announced on October 11 that they jointly developed radiation shielding block wall made of barium sulfate-added plaster. Th…

Tokyo University Institute of Industrial Science will soon begin operation of the nation’s first wind power plant in the Pacific Ocean in the northern part of Japan. The 43kw system, floating on open …

Tokyo-based Hitachi Construction Machinery launched the country’s largest demonstration site for ICT-integrated product line-ups at a factory in Hitachinaka City, Ibaraki Prefecture. Customers can dem…

One of the four shield machines of 16.1 meter in diameter was in display at a factory in Yokohama for rotation test in preparation for tunneling of Tokyo Outer Ring Road, or Gaikan-do. The machine, th…

Japanese foundation engineering company Raito Kogyo and Hanoi-based construction company FECON established a joint venture Raito Fecon Innovative Geotechnical Engineering (RFI), with an aim to expand …

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…