Three Japanese companies in construction industry; Yasui Architects & Engineers, Pacific Consultants and Sanki Engineering have started demonstration of energy-efficient equipment installation at a bu…

Large-scaled renovation will soon start at deteriorated Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway, part of which has been in use for more than 50 years. The expressway company i 5 sections that need to be taken c…

Tokyo Metropolitan Government mapped out a policy to halt plans to build three sports venues for the 2020 Olympic Games out of initially planned 10 facilities. The plan to build Yumenoshima Youth Plaz…

International Airport unveiled a plan to renovate the terminal building and expand the boarding facilities at 200 million yen. A pedestrian bridge will also be constructed between the monorail station…

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…