Sato Kogyo Co. Ltd. announced it won a 30 billion yen contract of building tunnels and a station for Singapore Metro “Thomson Line.” Sponsored by Land Transport Authority of Singapore, the civil work …

East Nippon Expressway Company Ltd. (NEXCO East) will establish the road management system applying Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) to monitor road conditions. It is developing an UAV carrying a small …

Obayashi Corp. announced on November 18 that it started operation of one of the world’s largest tunnel boring machines at expressway construction site in Auckland, New Zealand. The machine with more t…

Japanese government decided on November 15 that it aims to reduce greenhouse gas emission by 3.8% from the 2005 level in 2020, as well as its diplomatic strategy against global warming, which includes…

A private-public joint council for promoting aviation infrastructure export will hold a Japan-Indonesia bilateral seminar next year in Indonesia. The aim is to promote Japanese technology and to showc…

The industry has been suffering from shortage of workers because of increasing construction investments. Some people fear that unconsidered acceptance of inexpensive labor from overseas could lead to …

According to half-year accounting reports in fiscal 2013, 24 out of top 25 construction contractors increased the value of orders from a year earlier. 21 earn more sales and 20 posted profits. Yearly …

Obayashi Corp. announced on November 14 that it has been awarded a contract of building the Nam Ngiep 1 Hydropower Plant in Laos. Located in Nam Ngiep River, a tributary of Mekong River in North Lao, …

Export of infrastructure system such as urban railways is to be promoted furthermore targeting emerging countries in South East Asia, said Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Akih…

Japanese government will boost commercial use of floating offshore wind turbine, one of the important factors in ocean renewable energy. Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will de…