Building Japan's First 6,000-ton Cargo-Passenger Ship
Rising to the challenge of building large ships without previous experience.
Setting sail toward “Japan, the shipbuilding kingdom.”
Mitsubishi stepped forward to build 6,000-ton cargo-passenger ships for European shipping routes. But Mitsubishi's Nagasaki Shipyard, who took on the task, had only previously ever built ships up to 1,592 tons...
Hisaya Iwasaki
Yataro Iwasaki's eldest son. Entered Keio Gijuku at the age of 10 and was tutored by Yukichi Fukuzawa. After studying in the U.S., he served as vice-president of Mitsubishi Company, then became president of Mitsubishi Goshi Kaisha in 1894, at the age of 29. Established new banking division, coal sales division, and mining division, and also developed the shipbuilding business. Adopted a modern management system including autonomous accounting systems for each business, leading Mitsubishi to become a strong corporate group. In the latter half of his life, he focused his efforts on Koiwai Farm and other agricultural/cattle businesses.
Episode 4 Mitsubishi and Ships : Building Japan's First 6,000-ton Cargo-Passenger Ship
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Tell me, AI SENPAI!
AI SENPAI, Mitsubishi was active in the shipping business, so did they build Nagasaki Shipyard?
It was originally a historic shipyard built by the Edo Shogunate.
Mitsubishi took it over in the Meiji era and upgraded its facilities.
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