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NEWS 327 : DRIVING DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AT SEA

Kyokuyo Invests in Eight Knot Inc., a Startup Specializing in Autonomous Navigation
Category: corporate
Kyokuyo Shipyard Corporation has invested in Eight Knot Inc. (https://8kt.jp/), a start-up company conducting research and development of autonomous navigation technology for small vessels. The company's mission is to "drive digital transformation and automation in the maritime sector, providing innovative solutions to address pressing societal issues."

Tags: management, business partnership, investment, technology, eight knot

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NEWS 325 : LET'S GO HAND IN HAND

Kyokuyo Is Registered for the Government's "Partnership Building Declaration"
Category: corporate
The "Partnership Building Declaration" is a government-backed initiative in Japan that is driving better collaboration and mutual growth among business enterprises in the country. Companies are joining this initiative to create sustainable relationships that allow both larger and smaller businesses to grow together, and they are doing so with the clear understanding that this will contribute to a more robust and equitable Japanese economy.

Tags: management, business partnership, government service, trade practice

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NEWS 316 : NEW YEAR, NEW TECHNOLOGIES, NEW PRODUCTS

New Year Greetings 2024
Category: shipbuilding | corporate
Happy New Year to all of you!
At the beginning of the year, I would like to extend my best wishes for the New Year and express my hopes for 2024.

Tags: message, greetings, president, recruitment, management

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NEWS 302 : AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR 81ST YEAR

2023 New Year's Greetings from the President
Category: shipbuilding | corporate
At the beginning of 2023 - our 81st year, I would like to extend my best wishes for a Happy New Year and express my aspirations for the year ahead.

Tags: message, greetings, president, recruitment, management

Compass Magazine May 2022

NEWS 291 : FOCUSING ON THE GLOBAL NICHE MARKET

Kyokuyo's Feature Article Appeared in the COMPASS Magazine
Category: shipbuilding | corporate

A feature article titled "Focusing on the GLOBAL NICHE - This is how Kyokuyo lives" appeared in the May 2022 issue of the COMPASS, a bimonthly magazine published by Kaiji Press.

Tags: media, management, president

Briefing Session on Kyokuyo's Operations

NEWS 289 : HEADING FOR A 100-YEAR BUSINESS

Briefing Session on Kyokuyo's Current and Future Operations
Category: corporate
On March 10, 2022, at 2:00p.m., our business associates were invited to a briefing session that Kyokuyo Shipyard Corporation held to provide information on its current and future operations.

Tags: management, financial, lecture/presentation, director, president

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NEWS 286 : PREVENT AERIAL WORKING PLATFORM FROM BEING SKY-HIGH

President's Award to the Team that Achieved Cost Reduction
Category: shipbuilding | corporate
On January 4, at the company's morning assembly, the President's Award was presented to a cross-departmental team in recognition of their achievement of saving more than 20 million yen annually.

Tags: management, financial, facility, award, system

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NEWS 285 : YOU MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS WHEN ORDERING WITH US

Kyokuyo Obtained New Government Certification
Category: shipbuilding | corporate
On November 30, 2021, Kyokuyo Shipyard Corporation obtained certification from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism based on the plan-certification system introduced by the "Act for partial Revision of the Marine Transportation Act (a.k.a Maritime Industry Strengthening Act)" enacted in 2021.

Tags: management, financial, government service, subsidy

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NEWS 284 : THEY HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED

That a 2nd Evacuation Drill Would Be Held
Category: shipbuilding | corporate
On November 26, 2021, as part of our Business Continuity Plan (BCP), we held the second evacuation drill following last year.

Tags: bcp, drill, safety, management

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NEWS 282 : FOR SUSTAINABLE ENTERPRISE & SOCIETY

2022 New Year's Greetings from the President
Category: shipbuilding | corporate
At the beginning of 2022, I would like to extend my best wishes to all of you, and to share our plans for this year.

Tags: message, greetings, president, covid, management

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NEWS 274 : OUR COMMITMENT TO BUSINESS CONTINUITY & DISASTER PREPAREDNESS

Planning, Credit Facility and Evacuation Drill...
Category: shipbuilding | corporate
This is a continuation of News 260 ("Kyokuyo's BCP Now Certified ... and further working on new version, too") which was published in February last year. We would like to inform you of what we have been doing and what we are doing now regarding our business continuation in the event of a disaster.

Tags: bcp, drill, financial, management, safety

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NEWS 267 : NEW YEAR'S GREETING

Sailing in the COVID-19 Storm
Category: shipbuilding | corporate
Hello friends ! At the beginning of this year, I would like to wish you and your families a very happy and healthy New Year.

Tags: message, greetings, president, covid, management

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NEWS 260 : KYOKUYO'S BCP NOW CERTIFIED

...and Further Working on New Version, Too
Category: corporate | shipbuilding
In recent years, we have more and more environmental disasters like typhoons or torrential rains probably because of the global warming. What's worse here, scientists are worried about the possibility of "Tokyo Inland Earthquake", which may directly hit the metropolitan areas, or "Nankai Trough Earthquakes", huge ones, which will occur on the Pacific side of the south Japan sometime in the future. And how about the heavy snow? tornadoes? volcanic eruptions? virus outbreak? Our concerns are endless.

Tags: bcp, management, safety, covid

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NEWS 258 : AGAINST THE HEADWIND AND THE BACK CURRENT

Season's Greetings for 2020
Category: shipbuilding | corporate
In 2019, we strongly felt the divergence between the financial and real economies, with the economic growth rate of major countries remaining sluggish, in 'low-temperature' state, while the many stock price indexes were keeping high levels.

Tags: message, greetings, president, management

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NEWS 241 : KYOKUYO APPOINTS 2 NEW DIRECTORS

Category: people | corporate

Kyokuyo has today announced the appointment of two new directors. At the Board of Director's meeting and the shareholders' meeting that were held on June 28, 2018, the board and the shareholders approved the appointment of Norihiko Harada as Vice President of the company and Hiroshi Yoshida as Managing Director of the company, with immediate effect. Takashi Nagatomi, former Managing Director, has been reappointed as part-time Director.

Tags: assignment, director, management

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NEWS 170 : KYOKUYO ANNOUNCES PERSONNEL CHANGES

Category: corporate | people

Kyokuyo announced today that Shusaku Yamada, Managing Director, will concentrate on taking the lead in its material purchasing operations, effective September 1, 2013. The company's president Katsuhiko Ochi will directly take charge of Kyokuyo's newbuilding and repair sales operations, responsibilities of which were previously assumed by Shusaku Yamada.

Tags: assignment, director, management

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NEWS 152 : NEW PROMOTION ANNOUNCED

Shusaku Yamada Appointed Managing Director
Category: corporate | people

Kyokuyo Shipyard Corporation has announced that former director and head of corporate strategy office Shusaku Yamada will be promoted to managing director of the company after its shareholders' meeting scheduled on June 28, 2012. Here goes a short message from Shusaku.

Tags: director, assignment, management

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