ANKARA -- Though Japan is working to boost infrastructure exports by focusing on its technological prowess, its failure to score a major bridge-building contract in Turkey shows how costs and other considerations can take precedence.
IHI, others lost to cheaper South Korean proposal on Dardanelles bridge

The South Korean and Turkish ministers hold up the signed contracts for the bridge project.
ANKARA -- Though Japan is working to boost infrastructure exports by focusing on its technological prowess, its failure to score a major bridge-building contract in Turkey shows how costs and other considerations can take precedence.