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…

Demands of construction materials have stagnated in recent months in Japan despite the brisk construction investment. Sales of such materials as cement and ready-mixed concrete fell below the estimate…

As the economic recovery gets a boost alongside high expectations toward the Olympic Games in 2020, Tokyo has seen a series of large-sized private developments moving ahead including the nation’s tall…

Japanese builder Sumitomo Mitsui Construction announced on July 24 that a joint venture led by the firm was awarded a contract to construct a 3.2 km bridge in suburban Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam at 2…

The organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games awarded a contract to design a facility for gymnastics to Nikken Sekkei. The 183 million yen contract was signed on June 23. The facility comp…

The 160 km Sindhuli Road completed in March 2015 in Nepal with a grant aid of Japan, linking the capital city of Kathmandu and the Indian border. Japanese construction firm Hazama Ando contracted all …

Tokyo Metro Co. announced a winner of the design competition for the new Ginza station. The rail operator will undertake the improvement work of the station located in the capital’s commercial area in…

A body formed by Japanese construction companies and industry groups to promote Vietnamese human resources development published a safety guidebook for construction workers written in both Japanese an…

Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry established a public-private council to promote infrastructure export to Asian emerging markets mainly in energy sector. Some 40 private businesses incl…

Japanese construction giant Shimizu Corp. announced that it won a contract to construct a cable stayed bridge in southern Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam at 20.7 billion yen. A joint venture of Shimizu and local…