TOKYO -- Japan's new effort to develop a next-generation airliner by 2035 will seek to involve multiple private-sector companies, in a departure from the failed Mitsubishi SpaceJet program, but faces the same uncertainties.
After Mitsubishi SpaceJet failure, Tokyo will seek multiple development partners

Development of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' SpaceJet, pictured here in 2020, was shelved in 2023. (Photo by Koji Uema)
TOKYO -- Japan's new effort to develop a next-generation airliner by 2035 will seek to involve multiple private-sector companies, in a departure from the failed Mitsubishi SpaceJet program, but faces the same uncertainties.