Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has designated three new model districts as part of its "Infrastructure Tourism Promotion Project." These districts selected for social…

Japanese Ministry of Environment announced on April 2nd that the newly refurbished headquarters in the former Japan Post headquarters building in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo has obtained ZEB Ready certification…

Japanese construction company Taisei Corporation is intensifying its efforts towards entering the first-of-its-kind domestic carbon capture and storage (CCS) project utilizing underground spaces benea…

Japanese construction company Obayashi Corporation has embraced the power of artificial intelligence to streamline its architectural design processes. In March 2022, the company unveiled the AI-assist…

Japanese construction machinery manufacturer Tadano announced on December 6th the introduction of the world's first fully electric rough terrain crane, the "EVOLT eGR-250N," into the domestic market. …

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan hosted the 5th ASEAN-Japan Smart Cities Network High Level Meeting on October 26 and 27 in Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture. Approximat…

Japanese construction company Kajima and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) recently conducted a demonstration experiment, linking the Kajima’s experimental field in Odawara City, Kanagawa …

Japanese construction company Shimizu Corporation announced on October 13 that it has completed the assembly of 14 wind turbines with an output of 8MW each for the Ishikari Bay New Port Offshore Wind …

Japanese pavement company Obayashi Road Corporation has established a process that virtually eliminates carbon dioxide emissions from the production of asphalt mix. Instead of fuel oil, which is conve…

Japanese trading company Sumitomo Corporation, Tokyo-based construction company Kumagai Gumi, and steel maker JFE Steel Corporation have decided to use green steel, which significantly reduces carbon …