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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd

  • Thursday, 4 January, 2024
    Leonardo SpA
    Leonardo calls for reform of EU’s fragmented defence industry

    Italian aerospace group’s chief says members states should focus on creating continental champions

    Roberto Cingolani
  • Thursday, 14 December, 2023
    Aerospace & Defence
    UK chosen as headquarters for fighter jet project with Japan and Italy

    Plans for ambitious Global Combat Air Programme sealed at trilateral convention signing in Tokyo

    A concept model of the Global Combat Air Programme fighter jet is displayed at the 2023 DSEI Japan defence show
  • 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)
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