Nippon Yusen
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NYK Line headquarters in the Yusen Building
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Native name
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日本郵船株式会社 |
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| Traded as | : : 9101 Nikkei 225 Component |
| Industry | Transportation |
| Founded | Tokyo (September 29, 1885) |
| Headquarters | Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005, Japan |
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Key people
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Yasumi Kudo (Chairman) Tadaaki Naito (President) |
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| Revenue | (US$ 20.1 billion) (FY 2014) |
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Number of employees
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33,520 (as of March 31, 2015) |
| Website | Official website |
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Footnotes / references |
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JP¥ 47.5 billion(FY 2014)
Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (日本郵船株式会社 Nippon Yūsen Kabushiki Kaisha?, Japan Mail Shipping Line or NYK Line) is one of the oldest and largest shipping companies in the world. It is a member of the Mitsubishi keiretsu. The company has its headquarters in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
The company traces its history back to the Tsukumo Shokai Shipping company founded by the Tosa clan in 1870. In 1875, as the renamed Mitsubishi Shokai, the company inaugurated Japan's first passenger liner service, with a route from Yokohama to Shanghai; and in that same year, the company name was changed to Mitsubishi Mail Steamship Company. In 1885, a merger with Kyodo Unyu Kaisha (founded 1882) led to the adoption of the company's present name.
The merged company had a fleet of 58 steamships and expanded its operations rapidly, first to other ports of the East and then worldwide, with a line service to London being inaugurated in 1899.
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