Japanese Land Ministry decided September 1 the 2014 plan for promotion of construction waste recycle, targeting more than 96% of the waste to be reused during 2014 and 2018. It aims to promote using r…

Japan Sports Council announced August 27 that it awarded two packages of demolition of the National Stadium to Saitama Prefecture-based Kanto Construction Co. at 1.86 billion yen and 1.72 billion yen …

A symbol of the expanded area is an all-Japanese cypress timber bridge called “Haneda Nihon-bashi,” named after a historic bridge in central Tokyo. The 15m bridge replicates partially the original for…

Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism revealed August 28 the budget request for fiscal 2015 starting next April. It is seeking 6.01 trillion yen for public works spending, up…

Shipment value of 10 major construction machines is projected to increase 2% in 2014 to 2.1 trillion yen, and 1% up in the following year, the Japan Construction Equipment Manufacturers Association an…

Japanese Land Ministry decided August 22 an action plan promoting active participation of women in construction industry in collaboration with major industry groups such as Japan Federation of Constru…

Toyo Ito, a Japanese noted architect attended the 25th International Union of Architect World Congress held in August 3-5 in Durban, South Africa and gave two speeches introducing his recent works and…

East Japan Railway Co. is planning to develop a new access line from central Tokyo to Haneda Airport in a bid to meet growing demand of passengers. The plan, revealed by the company’s officials at a c…

The value of consulting contracts in overseas construction awarded to Japanese companies hit the record high in fiscal 2014 of 96.5 billion yen, showing 44.8% increase from the previous year, said Inf…

The construction industry which is suffering from serious labor shortage is looking to hiring more high school graduates. 17,000 newly-graduates entered the workforce last year, which was the largest …