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    • Tuesday, 31 October, 2023
      Interview
      MHI plans global defence sales push after Japan expands military budget

      Military contractor says industry has failed to make inroads abroad to compete with US and Europe

      An artist’s impression of the next-generation fighter jet being developed under the Global Combat Air Programme between Japan, the UK and Italy
    • Thursday, 22 June, 2023
      Climate change
      US cannot rely on allies to meet climate goals, warns Mitsubishi

      Domestic manufacturing and ‘friendshoring’ will struggle to supply the clean energy boom

    • Saturday, 11 March, 2023
      Space exploration
      Japan’s space ambitions fizzle after rocket failure

      Decade-long effort was source of national pride and meant to be symbol of technological prowess

      The H3 rocket lifts off from Tanegashima in southern Japan
    • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
      Lex
      Mitsubishi/rockets: launch failure points to drain on resources Premium content

      It may be better for Mitsubishi to focus on sectors where it has clearer competitive advantage

      Japan’s next generation H3 rocket
    • Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
      Mitsubishi scraps SpaceJet project to focus on fighter jets

      Airliner programme that launched 15 years ago has struggled with delays and impact of Covid-19

      A SpaceJet aircraft takes off during a test flight at an airport in Nagoya, central Japan in 2020
    • Sunday, 31 July, 2022
      Interview
      Mitsubishi Heavy warns survival of Japan’s defence industry at stake

      Ukraine conflict has increased scrutiny during debate over military spending in country

      Naohiko Abe
    • Monday, 18 July, 2022
      UK defence industry
      UK to fly supersonic prototype of sixth-generation fighter by 2027

      Partnership with Italy and Japan announced on jet seen as critical to meeting 2035 aircraft pledge

      A model demonstrating the sensors on a Tempest, the UK’s new fighter, at the Farnborough International Airshow
    • Monday, 16 May, 2022
      InterviewNuclear energy
      Ukraine war is ‘best opportunity’ for nuclear comeback since Fukushima, industry says

      Domestically generated power is geopolitically safer than gas imports, according to Japan’s largest reactor maker

      Picture of a robot arm built to retrieve melted fuel debris at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Kobe City, Japan
    • Friday, 31 December, 2021
      Japanese business & finance
      Mitsubishi Heavy chief eyes overhaul amid wave of corporate split-ups

      Falling share price piles pressure on Japanese industrial conglomerate to shed non-core divisions

      Mitsubushi Heavy Industries chief executive Seiji Izumisawa
    • Tuesday, 29 December, 2020
      Mitsubishi Heavy looks beyond solar and wind in clean energy push

      Japanese conglomerate faces emissions challenge because of reliance on carbon-heavy businesses

    • Sunday, 1 November, 2020
      How Mitsubishi Heavy’s hubris brought SpaceJet down to earth

      Delay-plagued $10bn project offers cautionary tale about national pride

    • Friday, 30 October, 2020
      Mitsubishi to halt regional jet programme because of pandemic

      Decision deals blow to Japan’s ambitions to re-enter global aviation market

    • Thursday, 23 July, 2020
      InterviewAerospace & Defence
      Mitsubishi Heavy: the company betting big on a rebound for airlines

      Japanese conglomerate pushing ahead with regional jet ambitions despite pandemic upheaval

    • Sunday, 30 June, 2019
      News in-depthNikkei Asia
      Mitsubishi hopes global ambitions will fly with revamped jet Premium content

      Bombardier talks bring delay-plagued project to a ‘turning point’

      Mitsubishi Aircraft originally expected to spend ¥150bn to develop its regional jet, but as of last year it had poured in ¥600bn. Nikkei
    • Tuesday, 25 June, 2019
      Bombardier Inc
      Mitsubishi buys Bombardier’s regional jet business for $550m

      Deal sparks fears over jobs at Canadian group’s Belfast plant

      File photo dated 13/09/17 of the Bombardier Aerospace plant in Belfast, as a preliminary US finding on a trade dispute which could threaten thousands of Northern Irish jobs is due later. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Tuesday September 26, 2017. Aerospace giant Boeing claims its Canadian rivals Bombardier received unfair state subsidies from the UK and Canada, allowing them to sell airliners at below cost prices to the US. See PA story ULSTER Bombardier. Photo credit should read: Brian Lawless/PA Wire
    • Wednesday, 5 June, 2019
      Bombardier Inc
      Mitsubishi Heavy in talks to buy Bombardier regional jet unit

      Acquisition would thrust Japanese company into direct competition with Boeing

      FILE PHOTO: An Iberia Bombardier CRJ-1000 plane is seen on the tarmac at the Saint-Exupery airport in Colombier-Saugnieu near Lyon, France, March 14, 2019. REUTERS/Emmanuel Foudrot/File Photo
    • Wednesday, 10 April, 2019
      Japan
      Japan locates F-35 jet following crash in Pacific
    • Tuesday, 29 January, 2019
      Mitsubishi aircraft unit files counterclaim against Bombardier
    • Thursday, 29 November, 2018
      South Korea Politics & Policy
      South Korea orders reparations over Japan wartime forced labour

      Ruling likely to exacerbate diplomatic stand-off between Seoul and Tokyo

      epa02248709 Civic activists helping forced Korean laborers during the 1910-45 Japanese colonial rule of Korea welcome Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' agreement on the start of negotiations to compensate the victims during a news conference in front of a Mitsubishi Motors showroom in Gwangju, South Korea, on 15 July 20110. The previous day, the Japanese company notified the activists of its intentions to begin negotiations. Millions of Koreans were drafted into the Japanese workforce and the military during the colonial rule. EPA/YONHAP NEWS AGENCY
    • Sunday, 18 November, 2018
      Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy declares restructuring complete

      Latest results bode well but stumbles with regional jet programme remain an issue

      Shunichi Miyanaga, president and chief executive officer of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., speaks during a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. The company plans to reduce workers on Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) project by 20 percent by April in 2018, said Miyanaga Tuesday. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg
    • Wednesday, 31 October, 2018
      Mitsubishi Heavy assembles $1.9bn lifeline for jet programme
    • Monday, 22 October, 2018
      Bombardier Inc
      Bombardier sues Mitsubishi claiming theft of trade secrets

      Plane maker says ex-employees took confidential data with them to the Japanese group

      Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. Unveils First MRJ Passenger Jet After Four-Year Delay...Bloomberg Photo Service 'Best of the Week': Guests are silhouetted against the sky as the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) passenger aircraft, developed by Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp., stands on display following a rollout ceremony at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s Nagoya Aerospace Systems Works Komaki South Plant in Toyoyama, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014. Japan unveiled its first passenger jet today after a delay of almost four years, with a helping hand from bullet-train specialists as it prepares for test flights next year. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg
    • Sunday, 21 October, 2018
      Special ReportJapan: Innovation and Technology
      Japan’s complete-aircraft goal is put back to 2020

      Manufacturers supply components but the ultimate aim is a whole aeroplane

      TOKONAME, JAPAN - OCTOBER 12: (CHINA OUT, SOUTH KOREA OUT) Visitors are seen at the newly opened commercial complex 'Flight of Dreams' at Chubu Airport on October 12, 2018 in Tokoname, Aichi, Japan. The main attraction of the four-story complex is the Boeing 787 midsize passenger jet, which weighs about 100 tons and measures 60 meters in length. It is parked in the central area, dwarfing visitors and shops. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun/The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)
    • Thursday, 16 August, 2018
      US & Canadian companies
      Gas turbine competition heats up

      GE and Siemens lose market share in battle with Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems

    • Sunday, 8 October, 2017
      Japanese business & finance
      Kobe Steel admits it falsified data on aluminium and copper parts

      Quality scandal is the latest to hit corporate Japan

      D20RHC Kobelco SK210 LC Hydraulic Excavator
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