National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center announced that it awarded a 95 million yen contract of designing a new hospital to be moved and built at a new site in Suita City, Osaka. The new center wit…

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will establish an industry-academia-government body in March to promote infrastructure export in the disaster prevention field. The Japan Disast…

The International Organization for Standardization, ISO published in January new standards for asset management including public social infrastructure such as roads, sewer, rails and energy plants. Ce…

One of the largest home electrical appliance retailers in Japan, Yodobashi Camera Co. Ltd. will extend its logistics center, “Yodobashi Assembly Center Kawasaki” in Kawasaki City. A five story structu…

Japanese leading developers are accelerating their business actions toward redevelopment of several areas in Tokyo. With the government’s strategies such as establishment of special zones to strengthe…

The Overseas Construction Association of Japan Inc. revealed the results of the questionnaire collected from member companies asking their outlook of the overseas construction market in 2014. In the c…

Japan Sports Council started on February 3 accepting expression of interest in design works for its headquarters and Nippon-Seinenkaikan building, which are to be moved and reconstructed due to constr…

President Tetsuro Tomita of East Japan Railway Company hold a press conference on February 4 at Headquarters in Tokyo, revealing a plan of new rail line connecting Tokyo station and Haneda Airport. Th…

The Fiscal 2013 supplementary budget was adopted on February 6 by the House of Councilors, including 5.5 trillion yen economic stimulus spending. 1.01 trillion yen of the total expenditure is appropri…

Yamashita Sekkei Inc. announced on January 31 that it won an international design competition for Suzhou University Hospital in Dushu Lake, China. The Japanese design firm was highly evaluated for its…