The New National Stadium, a planned main venue for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games may not have a plannedretractable roof over the field during the games, Sports Minister Hakubun Shimomura said at the me…

According to an analysis of the fiscal 2014 full-year financial reports of 26 Japanese construction leaders, 25 companies reported increased profits from the earlier term and 22 improved their constru…

Japanese leading real estate developer Mitsui Fudosan Group announced its mid-term corporate plan, planning to invest total 2.4 billion yen globally for the next three fiscal years, a sharp increase f…

Japanese Construction Leader Kajima Corp announced on May 12 its mid-term corporate management plan targeting fiscal 2015-2017, aiming at 1.75 trillion yen of sales and 65 billion yen profits in the f…

Japanese construction giant, Obayashi Corp. announced on May 11 that it will launch an endurance test jointly with Shizuoka University and Japan Manned Space Systems Corp. of carbon nanotube or CNT, a…

International Federation of Asian & Western Pacific Contractors' Associations, IFAWPCA will hold the 42nd convention in Tokyo in November 16-19. Organized by the Overseas Construction Association of J…

Japanese leasing company, ORIX Corp. and France-based Vinci Airports agreed on cooperation in bidding for rights to operate two international airports in Osaka region. The companies will jointly move …

Contracts made outside Japan by major construction players in 2014 rose 6.5% from a year earlier to 1.9 trillion yen, recording consecutive four year increase, says Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastru…

Japanese construction giant Kajima Corp. announced May 9 that it has developed a waterproof drone which can float on the water to survey underwater ecology and topography. The new UAV, “SWANS” can sho…

Urban developments in Tokyo have been increasingly seeing delays of construction start because of booming material and labor prices. In some cases, negotiations between owners and contractors over the…