Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan will add a new building to the National Training Center in Kita-ku, Tokyo, intending to develop a training camp for athletes aim…

The 2015 budget of Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will likely to increase 0.2% from the previous year to 5.79 trillion yen. Public works budget is to remain unchanged…

Shortage of construction craft workers has seen a trend toward improvement, a survey of Infrastructure Ministry revealed. The shortage rate of eight major trades in the industry have declined for cons…

Toa Corp. announced on January 13 that it was awarded a 12 billion yen order of Lach Huyen Port development by the government of Vietnam. The port, located in Hai Phong city in Northern Vietnam, has b…

A group of business leaders including construction industry will visit four Middle Eastern countries from January 16 to 21 on a tour with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Six construction companies…

Tokyo Metropolitan Government awarded design works of two of the six planned 2020 Olympic Games sports facilities to Japanese firms; Kume Sekkei Co. and Pacific Consultants Co. A volleyball venue, Ari…

Vietnam’s three most important transport projects, the Noi Bai International Airport Terminal 2, Nhat Tan Bridge, the longest cable-stayed bridges in Southeast Asia and the connecting highway complete…

In response to an issue that Japanese utilities suspended contracting new purchase of solar power electricity under the Feed-In-Tariff (FIT) system due to lack of accepting capacity, Ministry of Econo…

Tokyo Station in Marunouchi district of Chiyoda-ku marked its 100 year anniversary on December 20, 2014. The East Japan Railway held the ceremony the day before at the station, where many guests from …

Tokyo Metropolitan Government unveiled on December 19 a model plan to develop the 2020 Olympic Village in Harumi area near the Tokyo Bay. The village will have 22 apartment buildings, a shopping cente…