{
  "id": 12282148,
  "title": "Shipbuilding: \"Extremely ambitious\": Japan's shipyards are to double their capacity",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/schiffbau-extrem-ehrgeizig-japans-werften-sollen-ihre-kapazitat",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-06T02:03:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/schiffbau-japans-werften-sollen-ihre-kapazitaet-verdoppeln/100258846.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Mitsubishi Heavy Industries plans to increase its shipbuilding capacity by 25% by 2028, investing 500 million euros in modern facilities. The move is part of Japan's efforts to regain market share in the industry, which it has lost to China and South Korea over the past decade. The Japanese government aims to double the country's shipbuilding capacity to 18 million gross tons within ten years, potentially increasing its global market share to 20%. This could also benefit German shipbuilders.",
  "summary": "The shipbuilding nation plans to build significantly more merchant and warships again. International partners such as Germany can benefit from this.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}