Three workers in Japan died Friday after losing consciousness while repairing sewer pipes down a manhole in the city of Oga, Akita Prefecture. The incident happened around 9:30am. First, one…

Management consultant Accenture is forming a joint venture with Japanese conglomerate Infroneer Holdings – which builds and operates infrastructure – to use digital technology to improve infrastructure construction in Japan.…

Tokyo’s government has ruled that beginning in April, detached new-builds above a certain size should be fitted with photovoltaic panels and thermal insulation. This rule will apply to about 50…

Toyota has completed the first phase of ‘Woven City’, a development in Susono City near Mount Fuji with buildings designed by Danish architect Bjarke Ingels as part of a masterplan by architect Nikken Sekkei.

Bad weather and a chronic labour shortage will delay the completion of an air base on a remote Japanese island by three years, Japan’s Ministry of Defence (MOD) says. Work…

Bankruptcies among Japanese construction companies reached a 10-year high in 2024 sparked by rising material and labour costs, according to a report by Tokyo Shoko Research (TSR). Last year, 1,924…

A Japanese joint venture is making moves to enter India’s growing public-private partnership (PPP) road sector, a first for Japan’s infrastructure industry. JFE Engineering Corporation and Japan Overseas Infrastructure Investment…

Japanese authorities are considering commissioning a Chinese transport system to take visitors up Mount Fuji, The Japan Times reports. Yamanashi Prefecture had been considering a light railway but, at a…

Japan yesterday signed a preliminary agreement to help Poland develop its nuclear power industry with next-generation reactors, Reuters reports. Poland was one of the few former Warsaw Pact states not…

The Japanese government is considering building a 500km-long underground conveyor system to move freight and consumer goods between Tokyo and Osaka to address a logistics crisis caused by labour shortages.…

A Japanese home-builder has decided to knock down a nearly complete 10-storey condominium block in west Tokyo prefecture after locals complained that it blocks the view of Mount Fuji. The…

Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki, who began training in the aftermath of the Second World War and who won the Pritzker Prize in 1993, has died aged 95. Prominent buildings he…

Latest statistics from the Japanese government show the number of vacant homes stood at a record 8.99 million as of October 2023, or 13.8% of all homes in the country.…

A town in Japan has decided to put up a large mesh screen behind a local convenience store to block the view of Mount Fuji behind it because too many…

Irish builder Sisk has been named construction manager for a €330m drugs factory in County Kerry, Ireland, for Japan’s Astellas Pharma. Astellas announced plans to build a 7,300-sq-m, three-storey factory…

Central Japan Railway (JR Central) said on Friday that it had abandoned its plan to complete an ultra-high-speed railway between Tokyo and Nagoya in 2027, Kyodo News reports.  JR Central…

Japan’s tallest building, the Mori JP Tower, designed by American architect Pelli Clarke & Partners, has been completed in Tokyo. The residential and office building contains 64 floors, the top…

Japanese architect Riken Yamamoto has been awarded the 2024 Pritzker Architecture Prize. The award jury cited his ability to blur the boundaries between public and private space and promote the…