Seminar on Japanese Construction Technology in Thailand took place at Japanese Embassy in Bangkok in September 15-17. Organized by The Advanced Construction Technology Center, ACTEC, the event promote…

JR Central, Japanese Maglev Bullet Train operator, awarded the first contract to construct Shinagawa terminal station in Tokyo to a joint venture led by Shimizu Corp. As construction to build a struct…

Japanese builder Toa Corp. announced September 17 that it was awarded a design/build contract of a refrigerated warehouse in Vietnam by a joint venture of three Japanese companies, CLK Cold Storage. C…

Japanese tire maker Bridgestone will rebuild its headquarters in Kyobashi, Tokyo in 2016. The building designed by Nikken Sekkei will have Bridgestone Museum in the lower floors and offices in the upp…

Japanese Transport Ministry announced that it selected a group led by Tokyo-based railway company Tokyu Corp. and including two construction companies Maeda and Tokyu Construction as a preferred bidde…

Japan International Cooperation Agency completed the first phase of Kathmandu-Bhaktapur Road reconstruction works, a part of the disaster relief projects in Nepal which was devastated by a huge earthq…

Japanese leading engineering companies received orders of record-high 17.1 trillion yen in fiscal 2014 that ended in March 2015, says the Engineering Advancement Association of Japan. The value increa…

Japanese Infrastructure Ministry has launched model projects of providing special training course to overseas construction trainees before entering Japan. The number of technical trainees in construct…

The revised aviation law that regulates flying drones was approved on September 4 by the Japanese Diet. As the use of unmanned aerial vehicles has been on the rise in various fields such as photograph…

East Japan Railway Company announced on September 2 a detailed plan of a new complex under development in the south of Shinjuku Station in Tokyo. The 170-meter high rise, named JR MIRAINA Shinjuku Tow…