Funabashi Mori-no City, an eco-friendly town being developed in Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture by Mitsubishi Corp. and Nomura Real Estate Development Co. Ltd. was awarded a prize in the project cate…

The government’s Central Disaster Management Council announced on December 19 the estimation of the damage caused by the Tokyo Inland Earthquake and the countermeasures of the damage mitigation. The w…

The plan to build a complex with total floor area of 240,000m2 was submitted to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government by the preliminary association for urban redevelopment of the area. The construction w…

Japanese pavilion plan for Expo Milano 2015, scheduled from May 1 to October 31, 2015 in Milan, Italy, was revealed. Based on the theme “Harmonious Diversity,” the pavilion will present a message towa…

The construction of a new stadium for a professional soccer team, Gamba Osaka started on December 15 in Suita City, Osaka, holding the groundbreaking ceremony with 150 people attended followed by an e…

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism started providing prior information on development plans of expressway rest areas to be built in about 30 locations nationwide, intending to inv…

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will start next year investigations of transport development in Mexico and three Middle Eastern countries, in order to create opportunities for …

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism held the first overseas business seminar of FY2013 on December 11 in Tokyo targeting managers of small and medium sized construction companies. …

Penta-Ocean Construction Co. Ltd. announced on December 12 that it won a 26.8 billion yen contract of building the northernmost station and connecting tunnels of new Singapore Metro “Thomson Line.” Th…

Chiyoda Corp. announced on December 13 that its subsidiary jointly established with an affiliated company of Myanmar’s Construction Ministry will start rental office business in the country. The joint…