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…

Tomioka Silk Mill in Gunma Prefecture, 19th century factory buildings symbolizing Japan’s industrialization is likely to become one of the World Heritage after an official approval by UNESCO’s committ…

Japan Federation of Construction Contractors released a proposal on April 18 of securing and training construction craft workers, aiming to improve the income level, promote social insurance enrollmen…

The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) of Japan and US’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory concluded Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in research and …

Hitachi Ltd. announced on April 21 that it will install record-breaking 1200m/m elevators to a 530m multi-purpose sky scraper in Guangzhou, China. Equipped with the newly developed drive and control s…

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will promote utilization of private-sector licenses of infrastructure inspectors. The expert panel of the minister’s advisory committee will sta…

A Tokyo-based organization, Institute of Building Environment and Energy Conservation (IBEC) announced on April 15 that it gave the highest grade of certification for energy efficient buildings to an …

Mitsubishi Estate Co. broke ground on April 14 to build a 150,000m2 multi-use complex in Otemachi, Tokyo, which will have the first residential spaces in the area. 130 serviced apartments will be deve…

A subcommittee of the road sector for the Social Infrastructure Council, an advisory body to Land Minister submitted a proposal regarding anti-deterioration measures of roads to the minister, mapping …

A bill to establish a company that supports Japanese company’s export of infrastructure system was passed by the House of Councilors on April 11. The government will launch the company in fall upon ap…