Japanese construction giant Taisei Corporation has announced a US$878m (¥130bn) acquisition of Toyo Construction for the equivalent of ¥1,750 per share. If accepted, Toyo Construction will become a fully owned…

Plans have been announced for a 26,000-sq-m Pokémon attraction that will open in 2026 at the Yomiuriland theme park in Inagi, west Tokyo. PokéPark Kanto will be the first permanent…

As tech companies invest heavily in big data centres to meet demand for cloud computing and AI, people in Tokyo’s greater metropolitan area are mounting opposition over concerns about about…

Japanese machinery maker Komatsu will try European forestry machines – harvesters and “forwarders” – in Japan to boost productivity and trim labour needs. It will test the use of the…

French tunneller Bessac is using Japanese pump technology to dewater the land-based sections of a 2GW, high-voltage power line that will cross the Bay of Biscay between France and Spain.…

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will lend $520m for a 47km expansion of Delhi’s metro The money will fund extensions of lines 1 and 5, and the development of…

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…