Nippon Yusen Kaisha

Nippon Yusen

NYK Line headquarters in the Yusen Building
Native name	日本郵船株式会社
Type	Public
Traded as	: : 9101 Nikkei 225 Component
Industry	Transportation
Founded	Tokyo (September 29, 1885; 131 years ago (1885-09-29))
Headquarters	Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005, Japan
Key people	Yasumi Kudo (Chairman) Tadaaki Naito (President)
Products	Marine transportation Air transportation Cruises Terminal and harbor transport Shipping-related services
Revenue	JP¥ 2,401 billion (FY 2014) (US$ 20.1 billion) (FY 2014)
Net income	JP¥ 47.5 billion(FY 2014) (US$ 395.8 million) (FY 2014)
Number of employees	33,520 (as of March 31, 2015)
Website	Official website
Footnotes / references

JP¥ 2,401 billion (FY 2014)

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 Zaibatsu. 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.