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SHIPBUILDING

Guntu, a self-styled "floating 'ryokan'" (traditional Japanese inn) represents the smaller scale domestic cruises operate on compared to international vessels.
LIFE / Travel
Nov 7, 2026
As Japan gets a Disney cruise, smaller vessels chart their own course
Amid a boom in massive, international cruise ships, domestically operated voyages tend toward more intimate journeys.
Nippon Yusen President Takaya Soga (third from left) and others pose for photos in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 28, 2026
Japan shipping and energy firms join hands to promote ammonia-powered vessels
They will also work toward establishing supply chains for ammonia, which is gaining attention as a fuel with low carbon dioxide emissions.
Imabari Shipbuilding plans to introduce jib cranes capable of lifting heavy loads and robots to increase steel plate-welding capacity at its headquarters in Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 26, 2026
今日吃瓜 shipbuilders ramping up investment to double output
The overall amount of investments is on track to exceed ?1 trillion.
A fire broke out inside a ship under construction in the city of Shizuoka, killing a worker.
JAPAN
Aug 21, 2026
Fire at Shizuoka shipyard leaves one dead, nine sent to hospital
A fire broke out on a ship under construction by Kanasashi Heavy Industries while several people were working inside.
A rendering of an ammonia-fueled vessel. Nippon Yusen and other companies aim to complete the world's first ammonia-fueled medium gas carrier for international shipping in November.
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Aug 10, 2026
Japan taps public-private funds for shipbuilding, eyeing next-generation vessels
As Japan depends on overseas sources for critical goods such as energy and food, its shipbuilding industry is essential to the country’s economic security.
The HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Ulsan Shipyard
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Feb 12, 2026
Koreans are shunning dangerous shipbuilding jobs envied by Trump
Shipbuilding is among South Korea’s most dangerous industries, killing dozens of people each year, prompting more Korean workers to avoid those jobs.
A ship is under construction at a Hyundai Heavy Industries' dry dock in Ulsan, South Korea, in July 2015. Partnering with South Korean companies would be cost effective for the U.S. Navy because their high-capacity shipyards can build ships at about half the U.S. cost.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 16, 2025
South Korea is the answer to America’s naval problem
The stakes are clear: The U.S. has a battle force of around 290, while China has a 400-strong fleet, according to U.S. estimates.
A ship sits under construction in a ship-building yard in Dalian, China, in 2017.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 9, 2025
Unions slam Trump for giving China a pass on shipbuilding
The union reaction came after Trump touted a trade truce between the world’s largest economies, but shows that the deal came at the expense of some blue-collar workers.
Yutaka Ikeda, managing director of Mitsui OSK Lines' Indian arm, speaks during an interview near New Delhi on Oct. 10.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 4, 2025
Mitsui OSK Lines sees India as a shipping hub
India can become a hub for international shipping, serving as a base for exports to Africa and the Middle East, said the managing director of the company’s Indian arm.
The Shipbuilders’ Association of Japan announced plans to invest ?350 billion in capital expenditures to double shipbuilding output by 2035.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 24, 2025
Japan shipbuilders to invest ?350 billion to double output
The Shipbuilders’ Association of Japan is also preparing for Japan-U.S. cooperation in the sector.
Rotor blades and other parts for the ongoing construction of the Revolution Wind offshore wind turbine farm, staged on the State Pier in New London, Connecticut, in September.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 23, 2025
U.S. shipbuilders and ports face fallout of Trump’s assault on offshore wind
Trump’s policy on the offshore wind industry has included stop-work orders and permit reviews for projects spurred by former U.S. President Joe Biden’s green investment policy.
Mitsui E&S expects profit momentum to exceed its full-year guidance, driven by strong engine demand and a successful shift of its crane business toward the U.S. market.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 17, 2025
Mitsui E&S bullish about full-year profits on engines and U.S. crane demand
The ship equipment maker expects profit momentum to surpass its guidance, Chief Financial Officer Taketsune Matsumura said.
Cargo ships are docked in Navi Mumbai, India, in February. Only 5% of India's exports and imports are carried on Indian-flagged ships.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 25, 2025
India aims to challenge global shipbuilding giants
The South Asian nation seeks to boost its resilience and strategic self-reliance as China speeds ahead to become a global maritime power.
Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles speaks during an announcement at the Kuttabul Australian Navy base in Sydney on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 14, 2025
Australia to spend $8 billion on AUKUS nuclear sub shipyard facility
The investment is part of a major military restructure to improve Australia’s long-range strike capabilities in the face of China’s expanding military strength across the Pacific.
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's chief of staff, Adm. Akira Saito, speaks at a news conference at the Defense Ministry on Wednesday in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Jul 31, 2025
Over 90 MSDF members punished over scandal involving shipbuilders
The MSDF’s chief of staff will lose 10% of his salary for a month over the scandal, in which members improperly received goods from four shipbuilders.
A Hyundai Merchant Marine container ship under construction at the HJ Shipbuilding & Construction shipyard in Busan, South Korea, on July 22
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 28, 2025
South Korea pitches Trump on shipyards for last-minute trade deal
While details remain unclear, Yonhap News reported that South Korea has proposed a multibillion dollar project dubbed “Make American Shipbuilding Great Again.”
Workers take a break near a ship under construction at China State Shipbuilding Corp.'s Longxue Shipyard in Guangzhou, China, in November 2011.
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Jul 2, 2025
China’s shipyard dominance leads to geoeconomic risks
According to 2024 data from the Chinese government, the country ranks first worldwide in ship completions, new orders and order backlogs.
An under-construction container ship sits at the Daewoo DSME shipyard in Okpo, South Korea, in December 2014.
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Jun 22, 2025
South Korea counts on shipbuilding to ease U.S. tariff woes
Already hit by sector levies on steel and car exports, Seoul is laser-focused on negotiations over a 25% country-specific tariff.
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, will attend a fourth round of ministerial-level tariff talks in the United States on Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy
May 29, 2025
Japan offering fund to aid U.S. shipbuilding as part of tariff negotiations
The United States has called on allies including Japan to help revive U.S. shipbuilding, amid concerns over China’s dominant share in the global market.
Japan may offer cooperation on shipbuilding expertise and an Alaska natural gas project as part of trade talks with the United States.
BUSINESS / Economy
May 26, 2025
Japan touts ships expertise and LNG investment, with tariff talks key
There is rising momentum in the negotiations as the U.S. tariffs threaten to drag 今日吃瓜 economy into a technical recession ahead of the Upper House election.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
G7 diplomats speak out on Taiwan as China ramps up military drills
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi attends a working lunch focused on international crises and challenges during the Group of Seven foreign ministers' summit at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris on Monday.
今日吃瓜 Rapidus is said likely to miss mass production deadline
The Rapidus Analysis Center and the IIM-1 Innovative Integration for Manufacturing foundry in Chitose, Hokkaido
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
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