Hotel Okura Co. announced May 23 that it will reconstruct a main building of its flagship luxurious hotel in Tokyo. The existing building will be replaced by a 38 story high rise and a 13 story struct…

The number of solar power generation plants approved by the government hiked at the end of fiscal 2013 in March. Private businesses applied for authorization to avoid decreased fixed price for electri…

The Overseas Construction Association of Japan announced May 22 the record of orders received outside Japan by its 49 member companies in fiscal 2013, which shows 35.5% increase in values from a year …

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism decided May 21 action plans for 2014-2020 on prolonging infrastructure such as roads and dams.　The plans propose specific approaches to apply ma…

Okinawa prefectural government released a basic concept of a large-scaled meeting, incentive, convention, and exhibition (MICE) facility totaling 103,500m2 floor space to be built by 2020. A selection…

A group of Japanese reinforcement steel work companies, Zentekkin is getting ready for welcoming trainees from Vietnam. Since it has been struggling to receive qualified crafts from China lately, the …

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe requested on May 19 relevant cabinet members to accelerate concession of infrastructure to be awarded to private sectors, instructing to increase the investment up t…

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will undertake investigation on foreign construction markets to expand the publicly access-free data base on the ministry’s website. The ministr…

A demonstration site of an underground frozen wall to block radioactive water leak from Fukushima No.1 Nuclear Power Plant was revealed to the press on May 22. The test has been performed to identify …

An award winning architect, Toyo Ito proposed a renovation plan of the New National Stadium, a main venue for 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, hoping to replace the more costly rebuilding plan. The architect…