Kajima Corp. announced that it developed environment-friendly concrete for steel pipes using blast furnace slag particles and lime-based admixtures as part of law materials to achieve 40% reduction of…

Tokyo Electric Power Co. or TEPCO started a procedure of an international tender on June 11 for a contractor of Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) to rebuild existing thermal power statio…

Three rail operators of Japan’s metropolitan area broke ground June 10 to build a new terminal building of Shibuya Station in Tokyo, the largest of the three redevelopment projects planned by the grou…

Redevelopment of the area alongside the Tokyo Ring Road No.2 led by Tokyo Metropolitan Government has reached the goal line, opening a super high rise named Toranomon Hills on June 11. Mori Building C…

East Japan Railway Company announced that it will build a new station between Shinagawa and Tamachi on Yamanote Line, which runs in a circle in central Tokyo. President Tetsuro Tomita of the company r…

Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism announced the data of licensed construction companies in fiscal 2013 that ended in March 2014. The total number slightly rose by 0.2% fr…

Japan Sports Council revealed the design of New National Stadium on May 28. A planned main venue of 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games will have a 210,000m2 total floor area equipped with movable seats, retract…

A 150m building with Japan’s most advanced green technologies is being developed in Minato-ku, Tokyo by a group of developers and builders. A unique solar lighting system developed by Taisei Corp., on…

Three bills focusing mainly on measures against future labor shortage in the construction industry was approved unanimously by the Japanese Diet’s Lower House on May 29. The laws will strengthen the r…

Japanese cabinet approved on June 3 the basic plan and the action plan for national resilience, aiming to prepare for building collapse, fire, and tsunami caused by large-scaled earthquakes. The actio…