Tokyo is expecting another long list of planned developments to launch next year amid increasing demands for properties toward the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Large-scaled urban developments in designat…

Yokohama City announced November 17 that it awarded a Design/Build contract of its new city hall to a joint venture of Takenaka Corp. and Nishimatsu Corp. at 62.9 billion yen. The city hall will have …

Japanese Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Keiichi Ishii announced that it will start integration of construction and ICT in the whole process of public works; land survey, engin…

Japanese government will strengthen its financial assistance to private businesses looking to overseas infrastructure markets. Tokyo plans to increase funding through Japan Bank for International Coop…

Japanese developer Mitsui Fudosan held an opening ceremony of its newly-developed multi-purpose complex in the Expo ’70 Commemorative Park in Suita City, the northern suburb of Osaka on November 16. “…

Japanese largest photovoltaic power plant Eurus Rokkasho Solar Park has completed on November 10 in Aomori, northern Japan. Eurus Energy Holdings, which has focused mainly on wind power generation, is…

Japanese leading construction companies received orders of 6.99 trillion yen in April-September 2015, down 4.8% from the same term in the previous year, announced Japan Federation of Construction Cont…

Japan’s largest architectural firm Nikken Sekkei announced November 10 that a group led by the firm has been selected to develop a master plan for Rail Corridor, redevelopment of the former railway si…

Global Logistics Properties, Japanese large-scaled warehouse developer announced October 30 that it will develop a complex of three logistics facilities totaling 320,000m2 floor in Nagareyama City, Ch…

The number of construction workers from outside Japan under the new system that Infrastructure Ministry launched in April reached 500, says MLIT on October 27.　With the plan approved by the ministry i…