Japanese Transport Ministry will launch feasibility study on development of Shinkansen Bullet Train System for a planned high-speed rail line linking Thailand’s capital city Bangkok and the northern c…

All of the 16 Japanese small and medium-sized construction companies which participated in delegation led by the Land Ministry last December have intention to launch their businesses in Vietnam by 201…

Japanese construction giant Taisei and Stanley Electric announced on May 26 that they developed energy-efficient, water-resistant light emitting diode (LED) lighting system for indoor vegetable factor…

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan mapped out a policy to establish a system to record information of all laborers working at construction sites, including work history, …

Member companies of an industry group reported a record 1.81 trillion yen orders received overseas in fiscal 2014, 13.3% up from the year earlier, says the Overseas Construction Association of Japan. …

The New National Stadium, a planned main venue for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games may not have a plannedretractable roof over the field during the games, Sports Minister Hakubun Shimomura said at the me…

According to an analysis of the fiscal 2014 full-year financial reports of 26 Japanese construction leaders, 25 companies reported increased profits from the earlier term and 22 improved their constru…

Japanese leading real estate developer Mitsui Fudosan Group announced its mid-term corporate plan, planning to invest total 2.4 billion yen globally for the next three fiscal years, a sharp increase f…

Japanese Construction Leader Kajima Corp announced on May 12 its mid-term corporate management plan targeting fiscal 2015-2017, aiming at 1.75 trillion yen of sales and 65 billion yen profits in the f…

Japanese construction giant, Obayashi Corp. announced on May 11 that it will launch an endurance test jointly with Shizuoka University and Japan Manned Space Systems Corp. of carbon nanotube or CNT, a…