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2013年11月19日

Japanese construction industry fears vicious circle of labor shortage

The industry has been suffering from shortage of workers because of increasing construction investments. Some people fear that unconsidered acceptance of inexpensive labor from overseas could lead to …

2013年11月19日

21 top construction contractors increase sales, 20 profitable in Apr-Sep 2013

According to half-year accounting reports in fiscal 2013, 24 out of top 25 construction contractors increased the value of orders from a year earlier. 21 earn more sales and 20 posted profits. Yearly …

2013年11月19日

Obayashi awarded contract of building Laos’ biggest Hydropower

Obayashi Corp. announced on November 14 that it has been awarded a contract of building the Nam Ngiep 1 Hydropower Plant in Laos. Located in Nam Ngiep River, a tributary of Mekong River in North Lao, …

2013年11月15日

Land Ministry to promote infrastructure export in South East Asia

Export of infrastructure system such as urban railways is to be promoted furthermore targeting emerging countries in South East Asia, said Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Akih…

2013年11月15日

Govt. to aim at commercial use of floating offshore wind power generation

Japanese government will boost commercial use of floating offshore wind turbine, one of the important factors in ocean renewable energy. Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will de…

2013年11月15日

JICA to provide 13 billion yen to Tamil Nadu, India for developing infrastructure

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has agreed to provide 13 billion yen loan to India on the Tamil Nadu Investment Promotion Program (TNIPP). The contract was signed by two sides on October…

2013年11月14日

Apr.-Sep. overseas construction order value of Japanese contractors rises 33.5%

The Overseas Construction Association of Japan (OCAJI) announced the total amount of overseas construction orders received by its membership companies in April-September rose 33.5% from a year earlier…

2013年11月14日

Group of architects requests Tokyo and Sports Ministry to reconsider plan of New National Stadium

A group of architects and experts on November 7 submitted a letter of request to Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Hakubun Shimomura and Tokyo’s Governor Naoki Inose on r…

2013年11月8日

Taisei Corp. applied world’s first developed super strong 300N concrete

Taisei Corp. announced on November 6 that it established a super strong concrete technology of FC 300 newton per square mile meter. As a world’s first application, pre-cast pillars made of FC300 concr…

2013年11月8日

MLIT to promote ICT in sewer for effective maintenance

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will establish an information platform for the sewerage sector in fiscal 2014 that enables both public and private sectors to share information …

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