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…

Japanese major construction contractors reported the financial results of fiscal 2013 that ended in March 2014. 21 of the top 25 increased the sales and 23 recorded increase in operating income, while…

A construction work of 100,000m2 super high-rise started in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Fujita Corp. is in charge of design and construction, while Institute of New Architecture Inc. is commissioned to practice …

Construction order values received in fiscal 2013 that ended in March 2014 increased 10.1% from a year earlier to 75.8 trillion yen, according to Land ministry’s data released on May 12. Increase of p…

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism published on April 25 the implementation policy of a long-term lease concession for the right to operate Sendai Airport in Miyagi Prefecture. Th…

Mori Building Co., a Japanese leading developer, is ramping up creation of three-dimensional city model for urban development. The company has developed a framework to build high-quality models and vi…

Leaders of Land Ministry completed sales trip abroad intensively during the long holidays starting in the end of April. Minister Akihiro Ota, Deputy Ministers and other officers visited emerging count…

West Nippon Expressway Company is embarking on feasibility study of road business in Indonesia. The company, its subsidiary and Indonesian state-owned road operator signed April 22 a memorandum of und…