Kawasaki Heavy moving most shipbuilding to China

Mainland yards to handle 70% of Japanese company's commercial shipbuilding

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Kawasaki Heavy Industries is building a new dock at its joint venture in Dalian, China.

TOKYO -- Kawasaki Heavy Industries will step up commercial shipbuilding in China and scale down production in Japan to improve cost competitiveness as the market rebounds from a yearslong slump.

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