Sapporo city of Hokkaido Prefecture, the northernmost island of Japan revealed projected costs and benefits to host the Winter Olympic Games in 2026, estimating the construction cost at 213.4 billion …

Takenaka Corp. completed construction of a new museum in Kobe City, the only museum for carpentry tools in Japan. The present museum built in 1984 was relocated and replaced by the new one because of …

Japanese Land Ministry started revising the national plan for land development to realize the government’s national long-term vision established in July, “Grand Design of the Land for 2050.” The plan …

Tokyo Metropolitan Government will develop the Long-Term Vision in December that decides plans and strategies for city development until 2024, announcing the interim report on September 12. The plan i…

Itochu Corp., a Japanese leading trading house, is looking to bolster logistics centers development in greater Tokyo region and other major cities in Japan, announcing a plan to increase investment to…

As the 3.5 km Irabu O-hashi Bridge nears completion, all girders were installed on September 9 to connect Miyako-jima Island and Irabu-jima Isaland in Okinawa, the southernmost part of Japan. The long…

Penta Ocean Construction Corp. announced September 9 that it has been awarded a contract to build a 288,000m2 hospital in Singapore at 95.9 billion yen, the company’s largest-ever contract received ou…

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) concluded September 5 a Yen loan agreement up to 63.1 billion yen with Myanmar to fund four infrastructure projects such as railway renovation, water and …

Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will send a group of small and medium sized construction companies to Vietnam in mid-November as part of the ministry’s policies to supp…

Three Japanese companies in construction industry; Yasui Architects & Engineers, Pacific Consultants and Sanki Engineering have started demonstration of energy-efficient equipment installation at a bu…