The Institute for Urban Strategies at the Mori Memorial Foundation released on October 16th a ranking of the world’s top 40 cities, where Tokyo ranked 4th for six consecutive years. Though it was not …

The government decided on 18th that it will deregulate some rules in specific fields in National Strategic Special Zones in order to facilitate urban development with the world’s most pro-business env…

The committee for promoting development of technology of infrastructure monitoring held its first meeting on October 18, discussing the infrastructure deterioration issues. The committee intends to fa…

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will promote reuse of soil produced by public construction works. It will make revisions of the rules to allow soil reuse at other public constr…

Six joint ventures, all of which are sponsored by Japanese construction companies won all the contracts of civil work for Indonesia’s first metro system, Mass Rapid Transit Jakarta (MRT Jakarta) North…

The construction consultant industry has seen an active movement in the road sector developing business by using Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Expanding their existing business such …

The outline of an organization that Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will establish in FY 2014 to promote infrastructure export was revealed. Starting as a fully-owned corporati…

A series of large-scaled tunnel constructions planned in Tokyo have caused issues of surplus soil. If it becomes more difficult to find soil treatment yards, it can lead to delays of works. It is urge…

Japan Society of Civil Engineers conducted a survey on working conditions of rehired engineers after retirement. The result revealed that 93% of the subject and about 80% in managing positions earn le…

The number of corporate bankruptcies in the construction industry in Japan fell 20.2 percent from a year earlier to 1,225 in April-September 2013, hitting the lowest level in 20 years for a first half…