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Japan: building resilience

Japan’s construction and cement industries are balancing infrastructure-led growth and sustainability ambitions against labour shortages, rising costs and weakening domestic cement demand. As investment in resilient infrastructure expands, the cement sector is adapting through innovation, consolidation and decarbonisation. By ICR Research, UK

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14 July 2026
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