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2021年3月3日
Construction Begins at Toyota’s Futuristic Smart City in Shizuoka Prefecture
Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corporation and its R&D subsidiary Woven Planet Holdings held on February 23rd a ground-breaking ceremony to build "Woven City," a demonstration project of a connected …
2021年3月3日
Japanese Construction Company Taisei Develops New Carbon-Negative Concrete
Japanese construction contractor Taisei Corporation announced on February 16th that it has developed carbon negative concrete that significantly reduces the emission of carbon dioxide during the produ…
2021年2月8日
Japan-Backed Freight Railway in India Partially Completes
Japanese engineering consulting firm Nippon Koei announced on January 27th that a part of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) planned by the Indian government has completed, in which a group …
2021年2月8日
Construction Job Fair for Students Hoping to Work in Japan Held in Vietnam, Cambodia
Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) held an online job fair in Cambodia on January 16th and in Vietnam on 17th as part of its efforts to promote the overseas expans…
2021年1月18日
Kyoto University, Japanese House Builder Sumitomo Forestry Aiming to Launch Wooden Satellite in 2023
Kyoto University and Tokyo-based housing developer Sumitomo Forestry announced on December 23rd that they will begin a joint research on the tree growth and the use of timber in space. The research in…
2021年1月18日
Design Work of 2025 Osaka EXPO Pavillion To Begin By March 2021
The Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition, the organizer of the event will begin desgin works of pavillions by the end of March 2021. The master plan for the venue and the exhibition was ann…
2021年1月18日
Construction Industry Responds to 2nd State of Emergency as Japan Tackles to Contain Virus
In response to the nation's second state of emergency declared in Tokyo and three neigbouring prefectures on January 7th, construction companies are making decisions on their measures in an effort to…
2020年12月15日
Vietnamese Technical Interns Continue Training, Unable to Return Home Due to Pandemic
As the spread of COVID-19 has restricted international travels, Tokyo-based construction company Japan Pile Corporation is focusing on supporting technical intern trainees from Vietnam. Because the tr…
2020年12月4日
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) of Singapore announced on November 26th that it has awarded the first contract to construct the rapid transportation system (RTS) connecting Singapore and Johor Bahr…
2020年11月12日
Tokyo Aquatics Center Opens, All of the Newly-Built Olympic Venues Are Now Ready for Next Year
Tokyo Metropolitan Government held a ceremony on October 24th to celebrate the opening of Tokyo Aquatics Center in Koto Ward, Tokyo, which will be the swimming venue for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralym…