Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries signed an agreement to promote the use of wood in buildings with a hamburger chain McDonald's Japan on February 10. The company will use local …

A full-scale seismic isolation test facility being built in Hyogo Prefecture by Kyoto University, Tokyo Institute of Technology and a research body for seismic isolation with government support will b…

As the number of highly pathogenic avian flu outbreaks reaches a record level across Japan, the local construction industry is doing its utmost to respond to the quarantine efforts. Some are concerned…

Excavation of tunnels with a total length of 9.5 km has begun on the CP101 Metro Manila Subway Project, the first underground railway project in the Philippines. Construction is being conducted by a j…

The preliminary figures for overseas construction orders received by 51 member companies of the Overseas Construction Association of Japan for the first half of FY2022 (April-September) totaled 1.066 …

Japanese construction company Daiho Corporation has created virtual reality contents that allow users to experience the shield tunneling, one of the company’s specialties. The contents can be carried …

Japanese architectural firm Nikken Sekkei has developed a tool that can easily estimate an amount of greenhouse gas emissions resulting from construction, and has begun full-scale operation for design…

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attended the ASEAN Summit held in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, on November 12. He confirmed the strengthening of cooperative relations toward development of "quali…

Tokyo-based IT consulting firm Flower Communications, Hokkaido Electric Power Company, and Tokyu Land Corporation will develop a data center in Ishikari City, Hokkaido, that will be powered entirely b…

Japan’s Taisei Awarded Contract to Build Tunnel, Station on Singapore’s New MRT Line Japanese construction company Taisei Corporation announced on October 21 that it has received an order to construct…