The Palau International Airport’s new terminal building, which was constructed and renovated by the Palau government with Japanese financial assistance, was completed. A ceremony was held on May 8 to …

634-meter-tall Tokyo Skytree, the nation capital’s freestanding radio tower equipped with terrestrial digital broadcasting built by Tobu Railway in Sumida-ku, will celebrate its 10th anniversary on Ma…

A committee of the Tokyo-based multi-sectoral research body Japan Project Industry Council, or JAPIC, proposed 12 national projects in the field of infrastructure at the symposium held in Tokyo on Mar…

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government will begin full-scale introduction of smart water meters in 2022. It will install 30,000 smart meters by the end of fiscal 2022, and 130,000 by 2024. The aim is to in…

One of the largest bus terminals in Japan will be constructed in the underground space in front of Tokyo Station. A quasi-governmental developer Urban Renaissance Agency is participating in three rede…

Japanese construction company Shimizu Corporation has begun testing of electric kick scooters at civil engineering construction site in Fukuoka City. Five units have been used to reduce the workload o…

Mr. Mikio Yoshioka, Deputy Minister for Engineering Affairs of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan delivered a keynote speech at the symposium on February 23 hosted by Uni…

Japan International Cooperation Agency has launched "JICA Clean City Initiative" to contribute to the realization of "clean cities" in developing countries. The initiative will mobilize various sets o…

The design of facilities for the 2025 Japan International Exposition (Osaka-Kansai Expo) is currently being carried out. Architect Sou Fujimoto, who has served as Expo Site Design Producer of the even…

Japanese developer Nomura Real Estate Development has announced a plan to construct a hybrid steel and wooden office building in Akasaka, Tokyo, tentatively called Tameike Project. The building will b…