Nikken Sekkei Ltd. launched a branch office in Singapore, which will play a role of the strategic base covering all South East Asian countries. Networking with its existing offices in the region, the …

Sankyo Tateyama Inc., a Japanese construction material manufacturer, will launch a subsidiary in Bangkok, Thailand, to enhance local production and sales in the entire ASESN region. Sankyo Tateyama Th…

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will provide the rehabilitation plan for a calamity area in Philippines, which experienced Typhoon Haiyan aka, Yolanda in November 2013, one of the strong…

Toyo Construction Co., Ltd will launch its fifth overseas branch office in Myanmar, intending to win contracts of infrastructure developing including Official Development Assistance projects such as s…

Sumitomo Mitsui Construction Co. Ltd. is taking the process of establishing its eighth overseas subsidiary in Malaysia, aiming at completion by the end of 2014. As a part of the corporate strategy und…

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism announced on January 7 that a Japanese consortium will participate in the floodway construction project in Indonesia. Two underground canals of …

On January 7, Japan and Turkey exchanged documents of agreement on partnership in the disaster prevention sector. Signed by Land Minister of Japan Akihiro Ota and Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Atalay…

The cabinet approved fiscal 2014 budget of record-breaking 95.88 trillion yen, increasing 3.5% from a year earlier. The spending for public works increases 12.9% to 5.96 trillion yen, showing the two …

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry decided 15 priority fields of development of next generation robots for infrastructure. Proposals of…

Two advisory bodies to Land Minister, Social Infrastructure Council and Transport Policy Council announced on December 25 that they estimate the annual cost of infrastructure maintenance and renovatio…