Advanced Construction Technology Center (ACTEC), a non-profit organization under the supervision of Japanese infrastructure ministry, is accepting registration to participate in the seminar to be held…

Hotel Okura broke ground to rebuild its flagship hotel in Toranomon, Tokyo on June 1. Taisei Corp. will construct two buildings totaling 180,097m2 floor space, a 38-story high rise and a 13-story buil…

Osaka-based Kansai Paint Co. announced May 20 that it will sell new anti-virus paint which can be applied on soft material such as fabric. “Ales Shikkui Montyart,” made of slaked lime shows strong alk…

Nara Prefecture-based contractor Moriokagumi has been awarded a contract by Saigon Water Corporation to build an underground water pipe by the pipe-jacking method in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. This wi…

Restoration of Cambodia’s ancient temple “Angkor Wat” has started with Japanese financial and technical assistance. Tokyo-based Sophia University, commissioned by the government of Cambodia has planne…

Tokyo revised on May 24 the strategy on infrastructure export to emerging markets for the first time since it was established a year ago. The plan expands the targets from Asia to other regions and in…

Japanese cultural affair’s agency launched a project team in a bid to reconstruct Kumamoto Castle that was severely damaged by the earthquake last month. The team will study a method of quake resistin…

Tokyo Metropolitan Government revealed on March 31 a plan to develop 23 buildings and 5,650 apartments at the 2020 Olympic Athletes’ Village after the games. The office scaled down the initial plan re…

Japanese real estate developer Mori Building Co. announced April 13 a plan to add a super high rise by 2022 in Toranomon area in Tokyo where the company is developing two with completion aimed in 2019…

The number of construction workers from overseas under the program that begun in April 2015 surpassed 400, said Japanese Infrastructure Ministry. It is estimated that the total number of the approved …