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Over 25% of public works tenders in Fukushima end in failure

During a recent prefectural meeting in Minami-Soma, Fukushima Prefecture to discuss issues regarding the recovery the earthquake and tsunami which devastated the region in March 2011, it was announ

Japan Post Holdings on its way to Stock Exchange

20% of public works tenders unsuccessful in Fukushima Prefecture

Fukushima Minpo News reported on June 27 that for the third year in a row more than 20% of construction tenders (larger

Highlighted tender: Surface cleaning boat (Tokyo Metropolitan government)

Highlighted tender: Survey Research commission tender

Japanese central government organisations often issue tender calls for commissioned international survey research on a wide variety of topics, some of which might also be of interest to European-ba

29 May 2015 : EU-Japan annual summit: EPA main point on the agenda

Lower tariffs, non-tariff trade barriers and public procurement

MLIT draws up new application guidelines for tendering and contracting of public works

The Ministry of Land Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) has drawn up application guidelines systematically outlining multiple tendering and contracting methods and concrete examples of th

Tokyo Electric Power Company invites proposals for next-gen monitoring and control system development

Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) announced on April 28th, that it is calling for proposals for development of next generation monitoring an

Public offer to empirically test robotics technologies in ‘Fukushima Hamadori Robotics Demonstrative

On April 1st, METI has announced a public offer inviting companies, universities and research institutes to take part in a demonstrative field project concerning robot-technologies to deal with dis

Part of Linear Chuo Shinkansen Line construction tendered under WTO rules

Kensetsunews.com reports that projects related to the construction of the Linear Chuo Shinkansen Line, between Shinagawa-Tokyo and Nagoya, will be

METI SME Agency to set up database for venture business to stimulate participation in tenders

METI’s SME Agency is planning to construct a database of SMEs and venture businesses in order promote public procurement business opportunities with government organisations for more recently estab

Japan announces amendments to laws regulating SME set-asides

The Japanese Cabinet agreed on March 10th on a proposal to amend three laws regulating public procurement set-asides for Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) or

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