Institute for Urban Strategy, a part of Tokyo-based Mori Memorial Foundation, published its annual flagship report of 40 international cities all over the world. The organization ranked Tokyo at 4th, …

Employees aged from 15 to 34 comprised 21% of all construction workers in 2013, falling 4% from five years ago, Labor ministry reported. The result demonstrates the shortage of young generations in th…

The number of bankruptcy of construction companies in April through September 2014 caused by labor shortage increased to 51 from 46 in the same period of the year earlier, a Tokyo-based research insti…

Japanese elevator and escalator manufacturers are looking to accelerate maintenance business in foreign markets especially emerging countries such as Southeast Asia. As it is not common they offer a p…

Large-scaled development plans in Tokyo’s metropolitan areas revealed from April to September in 2014 are in sharp decline both in number and total floor space from the previous year. Prolonged increa…

CYBERDYNE Inc., a Japanese start-up developming robotic suits announced September 30 that it launched work assisting equipment HAL for Task Support–Back Load Reduction Type that help wearers lift heav…

Cost hike of imported materials and fuel is urging construction material makers to raise the price of their products. The manufacturers’ move to increase the price due to prolonged decline of the yen …

The Japanese government decided a plan to build a hospital in Kobe City specializing in ophthalmology, the first hospital in the world using technologies of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, the N…

Sapporo city of Hokkaido Prefecture, the northernmost island of Japan revealed projected costs and benefits to host the Winter Olympic Games in 2026, estimating the construction cost at 213.4 billion …

Takenaka Corp. completed construction of a new museum in Kobe City, the only museum for carpentry tools in Japan. The present museum built in 1984 was relocated and replaced by the new one because of …