Tokyo will announce a Request for Proposal in early September to design and build the new National Stadium, which has stalled since the government abandoned the initial plan in July. After the design …

Redevelopment of a 3.9 ha former driving school and its adjacent area in the west of Osaki Station in Tokyo launched by a group of land owners. Construction in Block A, the first of planned two struct…

Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway selected a joint venture led by Obayashi Corp. to renew a 50-year-old deteriorated section on Route No.1 connecting Haneda International Airport and Japanese capital city…

National Cardiovascular Center in Osaka announced that it awarded a contract to design and build a total 125,780 m2 new hospital and research center to a group led by Takenaka Corp. through the intern…

Japanese Infrastructure Ministry and Shimizu Corp. invited ambassadors from 22 African countries to the company headquarters and its technical research center in Tokyo on July 29 to promote Japanese c…

Japanese trading giant Mitsui & Co. announced that it will participate in the project to develop an industrial zone in Iskandar, Malaysia. Together with Malaysia-Singapore joint venture NTP, the firm …

Japanese builder Kajima Corp. developed the world’s first energy regenerating anti-earthquake dampers for super tall buildings. Seismic energy stored in the part of the damper will strengthen the resi…

Many large-scaled modern warehouses have recently been developed in Japan along with the changing trends in the logistics industry such as emerging E-commerce. Developers, most of which are dedicated …

Japanese Land Ministry submitted a draft of the Fourth Priority Infrastructure Development Plan for 2020 to the minister’s advisory panel on July 24. To maximize effects of social stocks, the plan set…

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on July 17 that he decided to cancel a plan to build the New National Stadium, a planned main venue for the 2020 Olympic Games and to establish a new constructi…