Construction investment in Japan is predicted to drop 3.2% from the year earlier to 49.67 trillion yen in fiscal 2015 and 1.9% down in fiscal 2016 at 48.74 trillion yen, the Research Institute of Cons…

Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. will develop a multi-purpose complex totaling 465,000m2 floor area in a 10.7 ha plot in Ariake, near Tokyo Bay. The developer has disclosed the project’s environment …

Japanese construction market is projected to reach its peak, the survey by the Daily Engineering & Construction News revealed. The senior executives of 81 Japanese construction industry responded to t…

Two professional soccer teams in Osaka, Japan have introduced a new project delivery system in their stadium development and management. The teams have developed project models in which they take majo…

As Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reshuffled his cabinet office, Japanese Lower House member Keiichi Ishii of Komeito, the administration’s coalition party was appointed as a new infrastructure minister on…

Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will strengthen assistance in the next fiscal year starting in April 2016 to private sectors which look to exporting environmental-frie…

Three Japanese companies, Daiwa House Industries, Nomura Estate and Sumitomo Forestry will develop total 2000-unit condominium in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in partnership with a local developer, Phu M…

Seminar on Japanese Construction Technology in Thailand took place at Japanese Embassy in Bangkok in September 15-17. Organized by The Advanced Construction Technology Center, ACTEC, the event promote…

JR Central, Japanese Maglev Bullet Train operator, awarded the first contract to construct Shinagawa terminal station in Tokyo to a joint venture led by Shimizu Corp. As construction to build a struct…

Japanese builder Toa Corp. announced September 17 that it was awarded a design/build contract of a refrigerated warehouse in Vietnam by a joint venture of three Japanese companies, CLK Cold Storage. C…