ASAHI KISEN K.K. (1)

Stewart shows a very broad funnel band. The Japanese Shipowners Association assigns the livery to Asahi Shipping Co. Ltd., possibly confusing the owner’s translated name. The FOTW flag follows Brown 1995.

The Kobe company is recorded from 1953–54, although Lloyds 2007 gives a formation date of 1990. It later appears as Asahi Kisen Co. Ltd. (Asahi Kisen K.K.), an operating company of Asahi Kaiun K.K., and subsequently of Nippon Yusen Kaisha.

Japan, Kobe.

The document groups six namesake companies. External evidence confirms the Kobe flag entry but does not establish the legal continuity and chronology of that entity or justify merging all six. Keep the illustrated Kobe company distinct in future page generation.