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Every Vessel Hunter story on Subsidies: 1 story, the latest on 7 September 2026. Newest: "Japan Puts $3.8bn Behind Imabari, JMU and Namura in Its First Yard Tranche". Each story links to the ships and ports it names, so a name in the text opens the record behind it.

Dry docks at a Japanese shipyard, illustrating shipbuilding capacity investment

IndustrySep 7, 2026

Japan Puts $3.8bn Behind Imabari, JMU and Namura in Its First Yard Tranche

Japan's transport minister has unveiled the first investments under a plan to double national shipbuilding volume by 2035, with a total programme of about $6.4bn in public and private money.

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