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…

Central Japan Railway Company or JR Tokai started work on December 17 to build Maglev railway stations in Tokyo and Nagoya. The company’s officials, local stakeholders and contractors attended the gro…

Bridgestone Corp, the world’s largest rubber and tire maker, announced December 19 that it developed a super large-sized base isolator to secure the anti-quake effect for super high rises as tall as 1…

A public-private collaborative body studying solutions for urban issues of the Japanese capital amid the 2020 Olympic Games established recommendations, proposing 40 ambitious plans in such sectors as…