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The "ANDPAD" Cloud-Based Construction Project Management Service Adds Supporting Indonesian, Thai, Traditional Chinese (Taiwan), and Spanish Languages

TOKYO, JAPAN – Media OutReach Newswire – 16 December 2025 - ANDPAD Inc. (Headquarters: Minato City, Tokyo; Representative Director: Takeo Inada; hereinafter "ANDPAD"), which operates a cloud-based construction project management service bearing its name, has newly launched language support for Indonesian, Thai, Taiwanese Mandarin (Traditional Chinese), and Spanish in the ANDPAD app, effective today.



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With the new addition of these four languages, ANDPAD now supports six languages, including the previously released English and Vietnamese.

■ Background

Japan's construction sector faces chronic labor shortages, leading to an increase in the hiring of foreign nationals from Southeast Asia. This trend is accelerated by the Specified Skilled Worker system, supported by bilateral Memoranda of Cooperation (MOC) between Japan and various Southeast Asian governments. Consequently, a growing number of technical interns are transitioning to Specified Skilled Worker status. Consequently, a growing number of technical interns are transitioning to Specified Skilled Worker status.

Simultaneously, the construction sector is expanding in many Southeast Asian countries, although it still faces common challenges of on-site quality and boosting productivity.

In response to these trends, ANDPAD has expanded its language support to include Indonesian, Thai, Traditional Chinese (Taiwan), and Spanish. Initially, this multi-language support will cover the Construction Management features—the most widely used function of ANDPAD—to facilitate centralized information management and smoother communication at construction sites in both Japan and Southeast Asia.

Going forward, ANDPAD will continue to actively pursue expansion of functions in multiple languages along with development efforts to offer support for various languages. The company will proceed to promote DX in the Southeast Asian construction industry in addition to the Japanese market.

■ About Usage

Existing ANDPAD users can use these new language options version at no additional cost.

Scope of Support

ANDPAD app:

  • iOS: 5.99 or higher
  • Android: 5.98 or higher



Hashtag: #ANDPAD

The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

About the ANDPAD Service

The cloud-based construction project management service with the top share of the market in Japan*, ANDPAD makes the central management of everything from enhancing onsite efficiency to improving management possible. Since provision of the service started in 2016, through associated development efforts that emphasize intuitiveness and ease of use and thorough support for implementation and utilization, the service has reached over 233,000 corporate users and 684,000 individual users.

ANDPAD was selected as a "2024 Recommended Technology" under the NETIS (New Technology Information System) by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

Details (Japanese language only):

*"Trends and Vendor Share in the Construction Business Management Cloud Service Market" (December 2024 MIC IT Report)" (According to research by the Deloitte Tohmatsu MIC Economic Research Institute)

■Company Overview

Name : ANDPAD Inc.

Location : Sumitomo Fudosan Tokyo Mita Garden Tower 37F, 5-19 Mita 3 Chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo

Representative : Takeo Inada, CEO

Business Activities : Development, sales and operation of "ANDPAD" cloud-based construction project management service

Company Website (Japanese language only):

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