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 …

Japanese Land Ministry started revising the national plan for land development to realize the government’s national long-term vision established in July, “Grand Design of the Land for 2050.” The plan …

Tokyo Metropolitan Government will develop the Long-Term Vision in December that decides plans and strategies for city development until 2024, announcing the interim report on September 12. The plan i…

Itochu Corp., a Japanese leading trading house, is looking to bolster logistics centers development in greater Tokyo region and other major cities in Japan, announcing a plan to increase investment to…