Tokyo-based Hitachi Construction Machinery launched the country’s largest demonstration site for ICT-integrated product line-ups at a factory in Hitachinaka City, Ibaraki Prefecture. Customers can dem…

One of the four shield machines of 16.1 meter in diameter was in display at a factory in Yokohama for rotation test in preparation for tunneling of Tokyo Outer Ring Road, or Gaikan-do. The machine, th…

Japanese foundation engineering company Raito Kogyo and Hanoi-based construction company FECON established a joint venture Raito Fecon Innovative Geotechnical Engineering (RFI), with an aim to expand …

Japanese contractor Shimizu Corp., its subsidiary SC Machinery and power assisting technology firm Active Link jointly developed a robot which helps heavy steel rebar works. The companies on September…

East Japan Railway Co. will begin construction within this month of its planned new station on Yamanote Line between Shinagawa and Tamachi stations. The world-renowned architect Kengo Kuma is responsi…

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe directed on September 12 to initiate productivity enhancement in the construction sector to the Council on Investments for the Future, which was launched to implemen…

Japanese contractor Kumagai Gumi and Chinese conglomerate CITIC established a joint venture which was contracted with the government of Hong Kong to manage, operate and maintain for three years the un…

Japanese major builder Kajima Corp. announced on August 25 that it achieved a record 270 meters NATM excavation per month with 110 m2-plus cross section. Taking advantages of various technologies such…

The 57.1 km Ben Luc-Long Thanh Section of Vietnamese North-South Expressway is partly being built by two Japanese construction companies and local firms. The 10.7 km section funded by Japanese ODA con…

A group of small and mid-sized construction companies will participate in a mission to Vietnam and Myanmar in September, said Japanese Infrastructure Ministry. About fifteen each of the firms that att…