Mitsubishi Kisen Kaisha merged with Nippon Koku Yubin Jokisen Kaisha on 18 September 1875 as Yubin Kisen Mitsubishi Kaisha, then with Kyodo Unyu Kaisha on 29 September 1885 to form Nippon Yusen Kaisha. Mitsubishi again owned ships by 1895. They passed with the independent trading section to Mitsubishi Shoji in 1918. The shipping division became independent in June 1943 on merging with Okazaki Honten Kisen-bu, then merged with Sankyo Kaiun in August 1945 as Mitsubishi Kisen. It emerged as Kyokuto Kaiun in April 1949 and Mitsubishi Kaiun that June, merging into Nippon Yusen Kaisha again in April 1964. Nippon Koseki Yuso was a joint venture.
Japan, Tokyo and Osaka.
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