InterviewTrump admin 'opportunity' for Japan's shipbuilders: NYK Line chair
Japanese maritime companies need to work together to outcompete Chinese rivals
NYK Line Chairman Hitoshi Nagasawa wants to draw more young workers into maritime industries. (Photo by Nanami Sato)
KEIICHI FURUKAWA and MASASHI ISAWA
TOKYO -- U.S. President Donald Trump's policies may create a headwind to the struggling Japanese shipbuilding industry, but they could also provide "an opportunity," said Hitoshi Nagasawa, chairman of shipping company Nippon Yusen Kaisha Line (NYK Line), in an interview with Nikkei.