TOKYO -- Japan's Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding and Tsuneishi Shipbuilding have agreed to form a business alliance aimed at better competing with their Chinese and South Korean rivals, the two companies announced Thursday.
Jointly run shipyards overseas to battle Chinese and South Korean rivals

A vessel is launched at Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding's shipyard in Tamano, western Japan.
TOKYO -- Japan's Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding and Tsuneishi Shipbuilding have agreed to form a business alliance aimed at better competing with their Chinese and South Korean rivals, the two companies announced Thursday.