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Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese company. It is listed on the Nikkei 225

Nikkei 225

The , more commonly called the Nikkei, the Nikkei index, or the Nikkei Stock Average , is a stock market index for the Tokyo Stock Exchange . It has been calculated daily by the Nihon Keizai Shimbun newspaper since 1950. It is a price-weighted average , and the components are reviewed once a year...

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Established in 1917 as the Shipbuilding Division of Mitsui & Co.

Mitsui & Co.

Mitsui & Co., also known as Mitsui Bussan, is one of the largest sogo shosha in Japan, and also part of the Mitsui Group. Its business area covers energy, machinery, chemicals, food, textile, logistics, finance, and more.- History :...

 with the first shipyard at Tamano City. In 1937 the shipyards became a separate entity of Mitsui, Tama Shipyard.

The company changed to Mitsui Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Ltd in 1942 and finally to the current name in 1973.

Facilities

• Tamano Shipyard
• Chiba Shipyard
• Yura Dockyard (MES Yura Inc)
• Niigata Shipyard - acquired from Niigata Engineering Co. Ltd and renamed Niigata Shipbuilding & Repair, Inc. 2003

Ships Built by Mitsui

Along with Abukuma class destroyer escort, Mitsui was contracted to build the Abukuma class destroyer escorts for the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. They were built from 1988 to 1991.

• 2 Ōsumi class LST
  Osumi class LST
  The Ōsumi class LST , is a Japanese amphibious transport dock. While the JMSDF describes the Ōsumi class as tank landing ships, they lack the bow doors and beaching capability traditionally associated with LSTs...
  
   - 4001 and 4002
• 1 Hiuchi class support ship
  Hiuchi class support ship
  The Hiuchi class support ship is designed to provide Auxiliary Multi-purpose Support for the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force .The Hiuchi AMS class replaced the Auxiliary Service Utility class...
  
   - JS Hiuchi (AMS-4301)
  JS Hiuchi (AMS-4301)
  JS Hiuchi is a Hiuchi class Auxiliary Multi-purpose Support ship of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force .The ship was built by Mitsui in Tamano and commissioned into service on 27 March 2002....