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A construction site in Kawasaki, Kanagawa. The construction industry of Japan is a large component of the Japanese economy in terms of economic output and employment. Its history is one that mirrors closely the overall economic path of the country, from establishment of the capital during the feudal era, through economic modernization and imperial rule, and until today with the recovery and ...
Shimizu Corporation (清水建設株式会社, Shimizu Kensetsu kabushiki gaisha) is an architectural, civil engineering and general contracting firm. It has annual sales of approximately US$15 billion and has been widely recognized as one of the top 5 contractors in Japan and among the top 20 in the world.
Nakamura Shaji (Japanese: 株式会社中村社寺, Kabushiki Gaisha Nakamura Shaji) is a Japanese construction company located in Aichi Prefecture, Japan and is continuously working from 970. It is the second oldest Japanese construction company after Kongō Gumi.
Osaka Obayashi Building, registered headquarters of Obayashi Corp. in Chuo-ku, Osaka, Japan. Obayashi Corporation (株式会社大林組, Kabushiki-gaisha Ōbayashi Gumi) is one of five major Japanese construction companies along with Shimizu Corporation, Takenaka Corporation, Kajima Corporation, and Taisei Corporation.
The Japanese government also invited foreign architects to both work in Japan and teach new Japanese architects. One of these, the British architect Josiah Conder [ ja ] went on to train many of the most prominent of the Japanese Meiji era architects, including Kingo Tatsuno , Tatsuzō Sone and Tokuma Katayama .
Contracted by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's Bureau of Finance, the construction of the entire site was handled by eight contractors in total, among them companies such as the Hazama and Shimizu Corporations. Construction began in October 1992 and was finished in October 1995. The total contract was worth ¥40,392 million. [4]
Tōa Kensetsu Kōgyō (東亜建設工業, Tōa Kensetsu Kōgyō) (TYO: 1885), or TOA Corporation is a Japanese general contractor construction firm. Originating from a construction group established in Tsurumi , Yokohama in 1908 by Asano Soichiro , the company was first incorporated in 1920 as Tokyo Bay Marine Works Co., Ltd, and was renamed ...
1957 - Completes Japan's first nuclear reactor (Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute's Tōkai JRR-1 reactor) 1959 - Construction of the Tokaido Shinkansen begins; 1961 - The company is listed on Tokyo and Osaka Stock Exchanges; 1963 - Becomes world no. 1 in construction (total contract value) Constructs facilities for 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games