East Japan Railway Company announced an outline of a project planned in Yokohama Station to build two structures totaling 118,000m2 floor space by 2020. The complex will be located at the west gate of…

Urban Renaissance Agency (UR) awarded a contract to Obayashi Corp. to design and build a 150,000m2 tower in Otemachi-district near Tokyo Station. The competitive bids were open on March 3, where Obaya…

JFE Engineering Corp. announced on March 6 that it was awarded a contract to renovate a pier in Yangon, Myanmar, which makes the first ODA port development project implemented in Myanmar after the nat…

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…