One of the largest projects worth of 162.5 billion yen launched in a full swing. Two leading construction companies, Taisei Corp. and Takenaka Corp. were awarded a design-build contract of the New Nat…

Leading Japanese construction contractors received orders of 803.8 billion yen outside the country in April-September this year, up 12.3% from the year before, said the Overseas Construction Associati…

Japanese government is set to revise the Official Development Assistance Charter for the first time since 2003, changing its name to “Development Cooperation Charter.” The government draft stipulates …

Construction-related service prices are on the upward trend. Bank of Japan announced October 27 that Services Producer Price Index of construction services such as architectural and civil engineering …

JFE Engineering Co. announced that it was awarded a design-build contract jointly with a local contractor of two bridges on the total 1,500km dedicated freight railway line in India. The company, whic…

National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center will begin a competitive bidding process in January 2015 to procure a design-build contractor for the 114,700m2 new hospital to be relocated in Suita City, …

Order values received by Japanese major construction companies in April-September 2014 increased by 4.7% from the same period of a year earlier to 7.3 trillion yen, said Japan Federation of Constructi…

Three developments adjacent to each other in front of Tokyo Station are in pipeline. When completed, the total floor area of the planned buildings will reach 940,000m2. With the urban planning approva…

Tokyo Metropolitan Waterworks Bureau has been awarded a contract of water system management by Yangon City, Myanmar. The bureau, which has been involved in technical assistance to overseas municipalit…

The Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi, Vietnam will soon have a new terminal building for international passengers. The project, funded by Japanese official development assistance (ODA), has been…