In Japan, as in every other country, the mainstay of infrastructure development is the construction industry, which employed 9.4 percent of the labor force in 1990 and contributed some 8.5 percent of GDP. After the two oil crises in the 1970s, construction investment turned sluggish, and the share of construction investment in GNP decreased gradually. In 1987, however, business expanded through investor confidence, continued increase in corporate earnings, improvement of personal income, and rapid rise in land prices. The share of construction investment in GNP rose sharply, especially for more sophisticated and higher value-added private housing and private nonhousing structures (see table 19, Appendix). Cranes are essential in large construction projects, such as this skyscraper In project architecture and civil engineering, construction is the building or assembly of any infrastructure on a site. ... Oil crisis may refer to: 1973 oil crisis 1979 energy crisis 1990 spike in the price of oil Oil price increases of 2004 and 2005 Hubbert peak theory Energy crisis This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Hearth in a traditional Japanese house This building is public housing provided by the government of Tokyo. ...

Construction starts in FY 1990 covered a total area of about 283 million square meters, with about 134 square meters exclusively for housing. Total construction costs were estimated in excess of ¥49 billion.

Although demand for new private housing was expected to grow in the 1990s, even greater growth was expected for new urban office buildings. A number of large projects were underway, suggesting that the construction industry would experience continued growth throughout the 1990s. These include projects for Tokyo's waterfront and other urban redevelopment, highway construction, and new or expanded airports. Category: ...

Japan's construction technology, which includes advanced earthquake-resistant designs, is among the most developed in the world. Major firms compete to improve quality control over all phases of design, management, and execution. Research and development focuses especially on energy-related facilities, such as nuclear power plants and liquid natural gas (LNG) storage tanks. The largest firms are also improving their underwater construction methods. A nuclear power station. ... Liquefied natural gas or LNG is natural gas that has been condensed into a liquid and is stored in tanks. ...

See also

• Japanese architecture
• Transportation in Japan
• Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (Japan)
• Yakuza
• Dango (under "Disambiguation")

The need to rebuild Japan after World War II proved a great stimulus to Japanese architecture, and contemporary Japanese buildings rank with the finest in the world in terms of technology and formal conception. ... Transportation in Japan is modern and efficient, serving a population of over 100 million people. ... The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (国土交通省; Kokudo-kōtsū-shō) is one of ministries of the Japanese government. ... This article or section may be confusing or unclear for some readers, and should be edited to rectify this. ... Dango ) is a Japanese dumpling made from mochiko (rice flour), related to mochi. ...

References

• This article contains material from the Library of Congress Country Studies, which are United States government publications in the public domain. - Japan