Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will focus on promoting Japan’s Super Express Railway, the Shinkansen System to increase its application to overseas high-speed rail plans, appe…

Shimizu Corp. introduced new tower cranes at the construction site of a high-rise apartment building in Kanagawa Prefecture, which improves work efficiency by 30% by using various ICT methods. “Smart …

Mitsui Fudosan Co. Ltd. will start construction of Northern Taiwan’s largest outlet mall in 2014. The company and Taiwan’s leading developer, Farglory Group established a joint stock company on Decemb…

A special purpose company for the hydro power project in Philippines, in which Japanese engineering consultant, Chodai Co. participates, decided to apply a water turbine made by the Japanese company, …

Sumitomo Mitsui Construction Co. Ltd. announced on December 6 that it started an office in Yangon, Myanmar in November, obtaining a license in construction business. The company aims to increase its v…

Myanmar-Japan Joint Initiative (MIJI), a forum for promoting investment and trade organized by the two governments, established a working group focusing on construction business. The group, attended b…

Johnson Controls, Inc. and Hitachi group will cooperate on air conditioning business. They will establish a joint venture in 2014, in which Hitachi Appliances, Inc's overseas air conditioning business…

IHI Corporation Group will accelerate its bridge business in Turkey. IHI Infrastructure Systems Co. Ltd. has been awarded a contract to renovate the First and the Second Bosporus Bridge in Turkey at 1…

A thousand days have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami disaster struck on March 11, 2011, which killed more than 15,000, and still more than 2600 people are missing. While 280,0…

Applicants for admission of civil engineering department of six universities in Tokyo area have been increasing in number since the Great East Japan Earthquake. One of them received this year 40% more…