Japan’s leading housing material manufacturers are enhancing the business strategies for overseas markets. LIXIL Corp. expects to increase its sales sharply, advancing mergers and acquisitions of fore…

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan will offer assistance to the government of Myanmar regarding urban development in the area of Yangon Station, the largest terminal in t…

Japanese government will accelerate utilization of sewage heat for office and residential buildings. Land Ministry and Environment Ministry will jointly prepare a map of urban areas showing available …

Tokyo’s new wholesale market, the nation’s food center, finally made one step forward toward completion in 2016. The groundbreaking ceremony was held on February 28 at a 44ha land in Bay area in Koto-…

Members of Japanese Government’s Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy, chaired by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, proposed to establish Asia’s largest financial market for infrastructure development by 20…

NTT Data Corporation and the Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan (RESTEC) announced February 24 that they will start distribution of a digital 3D map of the entire world developed from satellite…

Tokyo Metro Co., Ltd and Hanoi Metropolitan Railway Management Board (MRB) of Vietnam signed a memorandum of understanding on February 18 regarding construction of planned urban railways. The ceremony…

Japan Federation of Construction Contractors filed an interim report on promotion of female construction craft workers’ participation in the industry. The federation will prepare a manual of creating …

The International Federation of Asian and Western Pacific Contractors’ Associations (IFAWPCA) will hold a next convention in November 2015 in Tokyo, in which Overseas Construction Association of Japan…

Sumitomo Mitsui Construction Corp. Ltd. announced February 18 that it has been awarded a 36 billion yen contract jointly with two local contractors to build the nation’s longest bridge and connecting …