TOKYO (Reuters) -- MUFG Bank is among three Japanese firms leading a $290 million fundraising round for U.S. spaceship company Sierra Space, spearheading a commercial "spaceport" project in the southwestern region of Oita, the companies said on Tuesday.
Aerospace & Defense Industries
Japan's MUFG Bank, 2 others lead $290m Sierra Space fundraising
Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire and trading house Kanematsu also invest in the company
Sierra Nevada workers prepare the company's Dream Chaser engineering test vehicle at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in the U.S. state of California in 2013. © Reuters
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