Japanese Infrastructure Ministry invited government officials of seven southeaster countries to help them learn Japanese public works legislation. Ten executive candidates who works for construction m…

Japanese construction giant Shimizu developed the world’s first tower crane with a horizontal boom which can stretch and contract. “Exter,” maximum capacity of which is 12 tons, can provide designated…

New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization, NEDO, Shutoko Engineering, the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology and Tohoku University announced that they…

International Union of Architects, UIA announced that it will award Gold Medal to Japanese renowned architect Toyo Ito this year. Mr. Ito was the third Japanese winner of the prize following Fumihiko …

A special purpose company of Japanese contractor Fujita, developer Tokyo Tatemono and public-private fund JOIN will develop 92,000m2 multi-purpose complex in central Yangon, Myanmar. The company will …

Japanese real estate developer Mitsui Fudosan and Israeli software start-up Dronomy jointly conducted a test of UAV at a construction site in Nihonbashi, Tokyo to demonstrate the autonomous flying tec…

Japanese heavy equipment manufacturer IHI completed a pier in Kagoshima Port which can accommodate large ships to deliver fuel to the biomass power plant being developed by the company. The new 10-met…

Japanese Construction Company Shimizu announced July 5 that it was awarded a contract to build a 92,043m2 cancer treatment center in Singapore at 31 billion yen. The 24 story hospital is to become the…

Tokyu Hotels announced a plan to develop a hotel in Kawasaki City near Tokyo International Airport, which will become the world’s first “hydrogen hotel.” Low-carbon hydrogen transported by a pipeline …

Niigata-based construction company Oyanagi Construction and Microsoft’s Japanese branch announced on April 20 that they will cooperate in a project to improve efficiency and traceability of constructi…