The Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition announced on July 13th ten producers who will be in charge of the design of the venue, the planning of the display and pavilion for the EXPO to be h…

The first shield tunneling machine for Japan’s first commercial maglev line is being built in Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo. The entire cutter head has been placed about 80 meters below the ground through the s…

Senior Vice President of Japan International Cooperation Agency Junichi Yamada who were appointed to the position in May answered questions in the interview with the Daily Engineering & Construction N…

Hong Kong-based warehouse developer ESR announced on July 8 that the 390,000 m2 multi-tenant logistics center completed in Amagasaki city, Hyogo Prefecture, which makes the largest single building war…

Japanese construction company Kajima is promoting measures against both infection of COVID-19 and heat stroke at its construction sites. Workers are required to measure temperature and to sterilize th…

Three companies including TEPCO Energy Partner announced that they completed a factory with full artificial lighting in Fujieda City, Shizuoka Prefecture and started operation on July 1st. Leafy veget…

Nishimatsu Construction and Organization for Marine Science and Technology of Nagasaki University have developed an airship-shaped tunnel inspection robot. They tested the robot in the 2.6 km water tu…

Japanese construction companies Kajima and Takenaka, together with two construction machinery rental companies AKTIO, and Kanamoto have developed the remote operation system for tower cranes. The syst…

Japanese construction company Obayashi, Shizuoka University and Japan Manned Space Systems Corporation started an experiment on the carbon nano tube (CNT) in space for the space elevator project. Test…

Five Japanese organizations in the business of port and marine construction established a council to study conditions for accepting foreign workers. The first meeting was held on June 9th, and Mr. Hir…