As local governments in Osaka are finalizing a bid to host the 2025 World Expo and develop the nation’s first casino resort in a man-made island in Osaka Bay, major construction companies have been pr…

Tokyo-based technology firm ZMP and taxi operator Hinomaru Kotsu launched on August 27 the world’s first pilot project to test an operation of autonomous driving taxis on public streets. The service r…

Japanese electronics giant Sony opened Ginza Sony Park at the former Sony Building site in Ginza, Tokyo on August 9. “The Ever-Changing Park” will be closed in fall 2020 and replaced by a new building…

As a month passed since the heavy rain and severe flooding hit western Japan, Kanto Regional Development Bureau of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism have sent a total of 264 emer…

Japanese construction giant Shimizu and Hokkaido University launched a joint research program to develop a new construction material called “LogiX” which will substitute for reinforced concrete. It is…

The Japanese Diet passed a bill to authorize casino resorts on July 20. The number of the resorts to be approved is limited up to three in the first seven years since the law’s enactment. The law stip…

Japanese construction company Takenaka Corp. announced on July 23 that it constructed a zero-energy building at as low cost as general buildings. Use of conventional technologies lowered the cost. The…

LIXIL Jyutaku Kenkyusyo, a house builder of Japanese housing product maker LIXIL Group announced on July 31 that it has built a model house in Saitama Prefecture with a concept of a future house repre…

Japanese architectural firms AXS Satow and Nomura have received a contract to design a resort complex in Shenzhen, China. The companies were selected by the international bidding from seventy applican…

Infrastructure Minister Visits Strong Quake-hit Osaka, Inspects damages Japanese Infrastructure Minister Keiichi Ishii visited northern Osaka on June 22 which was hit by a powerful earthquake in the m…