Shozo Kawasaki began shipbuilding at Tokyo in April 1878. Kawasaki Hyogo Zosensho was formed in 1881 and moved to Kobe in 1886; the joint-stock Kawasaki Zosen, or Kawasaki Dockyard, followed on 15 October 1896. The company later appears as Kawasaki Heavy Industries. It formed Kawasaki Kisen in 1919, participated in the establishment of Kokusai Kisen that year and joined the K Line service in 1921.
Japan, Kobe.