Japan’s Infrastructure Ministry is requesting 6.67 trillion yen for fiscal 2016 general account budget, 15.4% up from the current fiscal year of 2015. The request for public works spending increased 1…

Construction sites in Japan have seen expanding use of wearable technologies that integrate information and communication technology with clothing and accessories. General contractors are testing effe…

Japanese builder Sumitomo Mitsui Construction has cooperated with Vietnamese construction companies in training of their employees. Young Vietnamese engineers and craft workers have been trained at Su…

Japanese Land Ministry will strengthen assistance to Japanese private sector looking for opportunities in urban development projects in Hai Phong, the northern port city of Vietnam. As transport infra…

Japanese engineering company IHI Infrastructure Systems Corp. won a contract to construct 12 steel bridges ranging from 60 and 1,400 meters long and five concrete bridges jointly with local contractor…

he number of construction workers who gained a temporary work permit in Japan increased to 24 as of July 31, says the Infrastructure Ministry, since Tokyo applied a new scheme in April that those who …

The work to relocate Japanese feudal castle Hirosaki-Jo 80 meters to the temporary site begun on August 16 in Aomori Prefecture, where it gets repair on its stone walls. The 400-ton dungeon, the desig…

Tokyo will announce a Request for Proposal in early September to design and build the new National Stadium, which has stalled since the government abandoned the initial plan in July. After the design …

Redevelopment of a 3.9 ha former driving school and its adjacent area in the west of Osaki Station in Tokyo launched by a group of land owners. Construction in Block A, the first of planned two struct…

Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway selected a joint venture led by Obayashi Corp. to renew a 50-year-old deteriorated section on Route No.1 connecting Haneda International Airport and Japanese capital city…