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…

L&T Construction has won a rail systems contract worth at least $120.7m to fit out the Jakarta Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Phase 2A extension project through its Japanese partner, Sojitz…

Tokyo plans to build a civilian bomb shelter under a central subway station because of growing global tensions, Japan Times reports. It will be dug under the Azabu-Juban subway station…

Japanese house manufacturer Sekisui House has agreed to buy US housebuilding giant MDC Holdings for $4.9bn. Sekisui House said the acquisition would make it the fifth largest housebuilder in the…

Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida told the COP28 climate summit in Dubai that his country would no longer build “unabated” coal-fired power stations. Japan is the world’s third largest coal…

A developer on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa has announced plans to build a theme park that will take advantage of the local flora and fauna to compete with…

Japanese developer Mori Building Company has finished its 8.1-hectare district in Tokyo called Azabudai Hills. Under construction since August 2019, it has homes, retail, a school, two temples, art galleries,…

The city of Kashiwa-no-ha on the northeast corner of Tokyo Bay has become the first Japanese city to test wireless charging for EVs, The University Journal reports. The universities of…

Japanese solar power company Advantec yesterday signed an agreement in principle to supply photovoltaic panels to the Philippines, Nikkei Aisa reports. The immediate goal is to add panels to the…

Japanese wooden housing and materials company Sumitomo Forestry has spent $215m to acquire a majority stake in US housebuilder JPI. JPI will keep its name and maintain its headquarters in…

The Japanese government is likely to postpone further plans to extend a bullet train line to Sapporo, capital of the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, by the spring of 2031.…