Tokyo Station in Marunouchi district of Chiyoda-ku marked its 100 year anniversary on December 20, 2014. The East Japan Railway held the ceremony the day before at the station, where many guests from …

Tokyo Metropolitan Government unveiled on December 19 a model plan to develop the 2020 Olympic Village in Harumi area near the Tokyo Bay. The village will have 22 apartment buildings, a shopping cente…

Central Japan Railway Company or JR Tokai started work on December 17 to build Maglev railway stations in Tokyo and Nagoya. The company’s officials, local stakeholders and contractors attended the gro…

Bridgestone Corp, the world’s largest rubber and tire maker, announced December 19 that it developed a super large-sized base isolator to secure the anti-quake effect for super high rises as tall as 1…

A public-private collaborative body studying solutions for urban issues of the Japanese capital amid the 2020 Olympic Games established recommendations, proposing 40 ambitious plans in such sectors as…

Japan Sewerage Works Agency has been inviting private sectors for a joint research on Building Information Modeling for sanitation projects such as sewer treatment facilities and pumping stations. The…

Mitsui & Co, a Japanese major trading house and a developer, Mitsui Fudosan Co. announced a redevelopment plan in Otemachi, Tokyo, where the trade company’s headquarters is located. Existing three bui…

Japanese Land Ministry has been undertaking experiments to identify low-cost construction methods of burying utility lines underground in order to improve urban landscape and disaster-resilience of Ja…

Japanese infrastructure ministry will invite more private companies’ involvement in the process of sewer pipes development by introducing new project delivery methods and procurement system such as Pr…

Japanese Government launched a new scheme of yen loan for developing and emerging countries implementing Public-Private-Partnership (P3) infrastructure developments with an aim to remove obstacles for…