The number of developments with more than 10,000m2 floor in Tokyo were revealed between April 2014 and March 2015 declined to 98 from 100 in a year earlier. The total floor area, however, rose by 16.6…

A joint venture of three Japanese construction companies; Tokyu Construction, Toyo Construction and IHI Infrastructure Systems have signed a contract with Ministry of Construction of Myanmar to build …

Chiba Prefectural government announced it will sell a 175,809m2 plot in Makuhari New Urban Center in Chiba City, located east of Japanese capital to a group of eight developers at 28 billion yen. The …

Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will take the initiative in establishment of an international standard for storm water management. The experts group of International S…

Japan Freight Railway Co. and Mitsui Fudosan Residential Co. will build three super high rise apartment buildings in Yokohama City. The total 230,000m2 development will launch in 2022, followed by con…

Japanese electronics company, Panasonic and a real estate developer, Nomura Real Estate Development announced a plan to redevelop Panasonic’s former factory site in Yokohama into a smart city, called …

Hitachi completed installation of a 5-Mega Watt wind turbine prototype in Kamisu City, Ibaraki Prefecture which has the largest blades in Japan. The turbine with each 62 meter-long blade will start ge…

Japan Federation of Construction Contractors announced its long-term vision toward 2050 showing an ideal form of the industry and roles in the society to be played by the industry leaders. The constru…

The U.S. Green Building Council will launch a Japanese version of LEED, its certification programs to rate energy efficiency of buildings. Translating documents of two of the 21 categories and examina…

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced a plan to offer 4 billion yen over the next four years in aid of enhancement of anti-disaster measures in developing countries, addressing the U.N. World C…