Detailed plans of two redevelopments in the area of total three hectares in front of Tokyo station were revealed. Two buildings are planned in the northern block; an 11-story building of 12,000m2 will…

Japanese transport minister Akihiro Ota signed the Memorandum of Understanding on February 9 with the Thailand’s counterpart, Transport minister Prajin to cooperate on railway development. The signing…

Japanese construction investment in 2015 is projected at 46.55 trillion yen, 1.2% down from the year earlier, said two research institutes on February 9. With the government’s public works investment …

Ministry of Environment of Japan started construction of two interim facilities near Fukushima No.1 Nuclear Power Plant to store radioactive soil collected in the process of decontamination works for …

Ministry of Transport of Japan held a meeting with Vietnamese counterpart in Tokyo on January 28. Deputy Director General of MLIT, Mr. Hiroshi Muto met with Deputy Minister of Transport of Vietnam, Mr…

Average monthly pay for construction workers in 2014 rose 1.4% from a year earlier to 376,273 yen, recording increase for consecutive two years, said Japanese ministry of labor on February 4. The leve…

Mitsui Fudosan Co. announced on January 26 that it will develop a 51-story office building in New York City as part of Hudson Yards, the largest real estate project in the US history. The company’s su…

Member companies of Japanese construction industry group received orders valued at 10.78 trillion yen in April-December in 2014, 7.6% up from the same period in the previous year, said Japan Federatio…

The 2015 budget of Tokyo’s bureau in charge of preparation for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic games will likely to set aside 46.8 billion yen for development of the sports facility out of the total 6…

Japan’s western economic center, Hanshin region marked the 20th anniversary of the devastating earthquake on January 17 that took lives of 6,434 people in Kobe city and surrounding areas. The construc…