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…

Logistics facility developer Global Logistics Properties will construct a 165,000m2 warehouse in Suita City, Osaka, which will be its 100th developments in Japan. With an aim to complete in 2017, cons…

JR Tokai has awarded a contract on October 21 to build a southern section of the planned Shinagawa terminal for Maglev Bullet train to a joint venture of Obayashi, Toa and Kumagai. The contract value …

Japanese Infrastructure Minister Keiichi Ishii approved the first investment by Japan Overseas Infrastructure Investment Corporation for Transport and Urban Development (JOIN), a public-private organi…

Construction investment in Japan is predicted to drop 3.2% from the year earlier to 49.67 trillion yen in fiscal 2015 and 1.9% down in fiscal 2016 at 48.74 trillion yen, the Research Institute of Cons…

Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. will develop a multi-purpose complex totaling 465,000m2 floor area in a 10.7 ha plot in Ariake, near Tokyo Bay. The developer has disclosed the project’s environment …

Japanese construction market is projected to reach its peak, the survey by the Daily Engineering & Construction News revealed. The senior executives of 81 Japanese construction industry responded to t…