Two green bulldozers smoothly spread a mixture of pebble and cement at the construction site of a mountainous dam, followed by four vibratory rollers that compacted the fresh layer into place.

After major seismic events, Japan updates its national building codes based on what ... use planning can reduce deaths and destruction New construction is both built to be more disaster-resistant ...

Concrete structures in Japan capture and store about 14% of the CO2 emissions released during cement production, according to a new study. Their findings provide crucial insights for offsetting CO2 ...

large wooden buildings are being created around the world. Japan's revolutionary "unburning wood" now contributes greatly to possibilities for wooden architecture. Construction of the Ring ...

Woven City near Mount Fuji is where Japanese automaker Toyota plans to test everyday living with robotics, artificial intelligence and autonomous zero-emissions transportation ...

Osaka Kansai bills itself as the “People’s Living Lab – a laboratory for a future society” and challenges the world to ...

So what makes the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Tower special? It's free! The nearly 800-foot-tall building houses two observatories (North and South observatory) that are the highest vantage ...

TOKYO -- Japanese general contractor Shimizu is stepping up efforts to increase orders from non-Japanese companies in the U.S., including through acquiring a controlling stake in a New York ...