Toyo Construction Co. announced July 22 that it was awarded two contracts of flood control works at Pasig and Marikina River in Manila, Philippines. The \9.3 billion river improvement projects, funded…

A redevelopment plan of Mitsui Bussan Building in central Tokyo was revealed. At the site where headquarters of Mitsui and Co., Japanese leading trade house and two other buildings stand, two super hi…

Kinki University announced on July 18 a plan toward 2020 to redevelop its campus in Higashi Osaka City that includes construction of a tower, a library and lecture buildings. Planned buildings have to…

The Japan Art Association announced July 16 the names of this year’s five winners of the Praemium Imperiale. Out of the five categories, a 66 year old American architect Steven Holl was named as the l…

Japan’s Super High-Speed Maglev Rail expected to run in 500km/h between Tokyo and Nagoya by 2027 made a big step toward construction start. Transport Minister Akihiro Ota approved the environmental im…

Shinryo Corp. announced July 16 that it received a \8.3 billion order of utility works such as air conditioning, ventilation, electricity and water of Hung Ham Station on a new line of Hong Kong Mass …

Mitsui Fudosan started construction work on July 17 of a multi-purpose complex at the former site of an amusement park in Suita City, Osaka. The structures with total floor area of 223,000m2 will have…

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School buildings of wooden structures, most of which have been replaced by concrete buildings may be under the spotlight again as the government is promoting the merit.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