Japan has considered installing toilets in elevators for emergency use. The bizarre idea has been discussed by the government and elevator industry leaders after a number of people in Tokyo were ...

Japan Elevator Service Holdings repairs, maintains and modernizes elevators and escalators in Japan. The company, which also sells parts and offers monitoring center operations, was founded in ...

A space elevator could make it much cheaper and faster to get goods to other planets, like Mars. The Obayashi Corporation based in Japan announced in 2012 plans to begin building one by next year.

While the ingenious idea of a toilet in an elevator may seem particularly Japanese, people get stuck in elevators everywhere. Perhaps this will soon be coming to one near you. Japan's ...

24, 2023. (Mainichi/Shinji Kurokawa) TOKYO -- An elevator at Roppongi subway station in Tokyo, the deepest in Japan's underground railway network, is set to remain out of service for over two ...

Elevator manufacturer Fujitec is becoming an unlikely test case of corporate governance in Japan, where founders’ families continue to wield substantial influence at many companies. Fujitec ...

A space elevator could make it much cheaper and faster to get goods to other planets, like Mars. The Obayashi Corporation based in Japan announced in 2012 plans to begin building one by next year. Not ...

The concept of a space elevator, once a staple of science fiction, is being turned into reality by Japan's Obayashi Corporation. This ambitious project aims to connect Earth to space with a 96,000 ...

Imagine if you had a space elevator, letting you shoot up to the stars without riding a rocket. It may seem like a silly idea, but a Japanese company wants to make it happen. Obayashi Corporation ...

Tokyo - A hotel cleaner in Japan was crushed to death in front of her colleague when she stepped into a moving elevator, police said on Thursday. The 63-year-old woman was trapped between the floor of ...