Forced labor lawsuit against Japanese firms

Forced labor lawsuit against Japanese firms

BEIJING, China - Photo taken in February 2014 in front of the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court shows a group of Chinese who filed a lawsuit against Mitsubishi Materials Corp. and Nippon Coke & Engineering Co., formerly known as Mitsui Mining Co., seeking compensation and a public apology for forced labor in Japan during World War II. The court has decided to take up the lawsuit against the two Japanese companies, a plaintiff lawyer said March 18, 2014.

Kawasaki Heavy, Mitsui Engineering start integration talks

Kawasaki Heavy, Mitsui Engineering start integration talks

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken April 22, 2013, shows the building housing the headquarters of Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. in Tokyo's Chuo Ward. Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. and Mitsui Engineering have started preliminary talks on possible integration of their businesses, sources familiar with the matter said the same day.

Kawasaki Heavy, Mitsui Engineering start integration talks

Kawasaki Heavy, Mitsui Engineering start integration talks

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken April 22, 2013, shows the Tokyo Headquarters of Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. in Tokyo's Minato Ward. Kawasaki Heavy and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. have started preliminary talks for possible integration of their businesses, sources familiar with the matter said the same day.

Mitsui Engineering unveils biomass-run power facility

Mitsui Engineering unveils biomass-run power facility

CHIBA, Japan - The biomass power station of Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, in a photo taken May 29. The power plant, with a capacity to generate 50,000 kilowatts of power an hour, was opened to the press on May 29.

Mitsui Engineering succeeds in test operation of NGH plant

Mitsui Engineering succeeds in test operation of NGH plant

ICHIHARA, Japan - Photo shows a test plant Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. built in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, for reducing natural gas to a sherbet-like state and then returning it to a gaseous form, a process that will reduce transportation and storage costs. The company said Feb. 10 it has succeeded in the test operation of the plant, which is capable of producing 600 kilograms of natural gas hydrate (NGH), a chemically stable crystalline substance that resembles sherbet, a day.

World's 1st diesel engine to use methanol developed

World's 1st diesel engine to use methanol developed

Photo taken in the western Japan city of Tamano shows the world's first diesel engine for large vessels that uses methanol as fuel. Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. developed it as part of efforts to comply with environmental regulations, and unveiled it to reporters on June 17, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo