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Company name

Kansai Kisen

Organization name

International Association of Classification Societies

Organization name

Ship Research Institute

Company name

Maritime Credit Corporation

Organization name

Institution of Naval Architects

Organization name

Passenger Ship Corporation

Organization name

Naikai Zosen Corporation

Company name

Nihonkai Steamship Co. Ltd.

Organization name

Japan Craft Inspection Organization

Organization name

Japanese Shipowners' Association; JSA

Organization name

Japan Ship Exporter's Association

Organization name

Japan Ship Exporters' Association

Organization name

Shipbuilders' Association of Japan

Company name

Nippon Yusen; NYK Line; Japan Mail Shipping Line

Event

Perry Expedition (1853); arrival of the Black Ships

Historical term

privateer; corsair

Historical term

foreign ship (esp. from Spain and Portugal from the late Muromachi period to the early Edo period); Nanban trade ship

Historical term

small, roofless boat used as a river taxi (Edo period)

Historical term

Japanese pirate ship (of the Middle Ages)

Historical term

cargo ships that sailed the Japan Sea during the Edo period

Historical term

ship used in Japanese missions to Ming dynasty China

Historical term

ship used by the Ryūkyū Kingdom to transport diplomatic envoys to China

Historical term; Military

fire balloon (experimental weapon launched by Japan during World War II); balloon bomb

Historical term

foreign trade by authorized Japanese ships (early Edo period)