Written from delivered projects rather than from research. Each of these came out of a condition we had to solve on site.
Why do Japanese contractors so rarely respond to enquiries from abroad? It is one of the first questions any international owner asks, and the usual conclusion is that the market is closed. It is not. But the reason it looks that way is worth understanding, because the answer changes how you approach it.
A specified material with no certification route in the country of construction is one of the most frequent causes of a late interior change. Here is how one was resolved.
Expo 2025 Osaka is the clearest test of building in Japan as a foreign client, repeated seven times in one season.
Process buildings fail in a predictable way: they are designed as buildings, then asked to carry machinery.
