An opening ceremony of underwater subway system in the Bosporus Strait was held on October 29th in Istanbul, Turkey, connecting the two continents of Asia and Europe by rail for the first time. Partia…

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism established the Japan-Russia Urban Environment Council on October 30th and held its first meeting. 82 companies and bodies including constructio…

Japan’s new housing starts in April-September in 2013 increased 12.7% from a year earlier to 499,032, the Land Ministry announced on October 31st. ahead of consumption tax increase in April 2014, dema…

Ministry of the Environment and a group led by Toda Corp. started floating offshore wind power generation on October 28th off the coast of Goto, Nagasaki Prefecture. A 100 meter-tall above sea level t…

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will help the Ministry of Construction of Vietnam to establish evaluation standards of energy efficiency for urban areas, as a part of appro…

Mitsubishi Corp., Marubeni Corp. and Sumitomo Corp. announced on October 29th that they established a consortium, “Myanmar Japan Thilawa Development (MJTD)” for the first phase of Thilawa Special Econ…

Shimizu Corp. announced on October 25 that it developed a risk assessment system, “Shimizu Global Hazard Evaluation System” that evaluates business locations in 30 minutes in terms of natural disaster…

It would cost about 30 billion yen to rebuild a donjon of Edo (Old Tokyo) Castle that was burned down in 1657, a Non-Profit-Organization said on October 25th at a press conference in Tokyo. The donjon…

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology may have to consider downsizing the new National Stadium, a planned main venue for 2020 Olympic Games because of a great cost of construc…

Obayashi Corp. will establish Energy Management System at its research center in Kiyose city, Tokyo, aiming to conduct experiments toward next-generation Smart City. Along with installation of 900kw s…