Japanese builder Sumitomo Mitsui Construction announced on July 24 that a joint venture led by the firm was awarded a contract to construct a 3.2 km bridge in suburban Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam at 2…

The organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games awarded a contract to design a facility for gymnastics to Nikken Sekkei. The 183 million yen contract was signed on June 23. The facility comp…

The 160 km Sindhuli Road completed in March 2015 in Nepal with a grant aid of Japan, linking the capital city of Kathmandu and the Indian border. Japanese construction firm Hazama Ando contracted all …

Tokyo Metro Co. announced a winner of the design competition for the new Ginza station. The rail operator will undertake the improvement work of the station located in the capital’s commercial area in…

A body formed by Japanese construction companies and industry groups to promote Vietnamese human resources development published a safety guidebook for construction workers written in both Japanese an…

Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry established a public-private council to promote infrastructure export to Asian emerging markets mainly in energy sector. Some 40 private businesses incl…

Japanese construction giant Shimizu Corp. announced that it won a contract to construct a cable stayed bridge in southern Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam at 20.7 billion yen. A joint venture of Shimizu and local…

Japanese leading cement maker Taiheiyo Cement Corp. developed new material that enables to enhance the strength of concrete up to 500 Newton per square mm, the strongest in the world. A small particle…

Japanese property giant Mitsui Fudosan will redevelop a former British Broadcasting Corporation Television Center site and an adjacent plot in London jointly with a local developer. The total floor sp…

Japanese construction giant Takenaka Corp. announced on June 6 that it first applied low carbon cement made with blast furnace slag, a by-product of steelmaking to building frames. The ECM Cement, joi…