The number of foreign-headquartered companies that hold Japanese contractor licenses in March 2014 increased 11 from a year earlier to 132 from 21 countries, recording the highest number since recordk…

A plan to build two super high rises with total floor area of 250,000m2 in Minato-ku, Tokyo was given the green light on July 15. The Toranomon 2 Redevelopment Project is expected to cost some \145.6 …

School buildings of wooden structures, most of which have been replaced by concrete buildings may be under the spotlight again as the government is promoting the merit. Ministry of Education will comp…

Shimizu Corp. realized beautifully-finished concrete that remains free from cracks caused by drying shrinkage for a long time. “Zero Shrink Concrete” placed in the company’s research institute two yea…

A subsidiary of Takenaka Corp. in Thailand opened a training center for construction workers in suburban Bangkok. It aims to improve the ability of local construction managers and to promote handing d…

A 103m symbolic tower in the western Japan city of Osaka will have seismic base isolators in the piers 10m above ground. This will make the world’s first application for towers. The base isolation met…

Fiscal 2013 White Paper on Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism was approved at the cabinet meeting on July 1. With the theme of “Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Infrastructure,” the paper se…

East Japan Railway Co. revealed a plan to renovate the square in front of Marunouchi Gate of Tokyo Station and underground retailer shops by 2017. The renewed face of one of the largest terminal stati…

Kajima Corp. started operation of a vegetable factory jointly with two other companies in Miyagi Prefecture in northern Japan, which makes the world’s largest plant factory using only LED as a light s…

Nikken Sekkei Research Institute (NSRI), a research body of Japan’s largest design firm has been awarded a feasibility study of Smart-City development in Lima, Peru through an international tender by …