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…

The bidding process for contractors to develop the New National Stadium, the planned main venue of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, begun on September 1, the Stadium operator Japan Sports Council announc…

Central Japan Railway selected a joint venture led by Taisei Corp. to construct a 7.7 km section of the total 25 km tunnel on the nation’s first commercial magnetic levitation railway which is slated …

Yokohama City announced on August 31 that it awarded a design, build, operate contract of a MICE complex to a group led by Takenaka Corp. at 37.8 billion yen. The group will construct the six-story co…

Japan’s Infrastructure Ministry is requesting 6.67 trillion yen for fiscal 2016 general account budget, 15.4% up from the current fiscal year of 2015. The request for public works spending increased 1…

Construction sites in Japan have seen expanding use of wearable technologies that integrate information and communication technology with clothing and accessories. General contractors are testing effe…

Japanese builder Sumitomo Mitsui Construction has cooperated with Vietnamese construction companies in training of their employees. Young Vietnamese engineers and craft workers have been trained at Su…