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Founded: 1907-11-01
Founders: Formed 1907 as a three-way venture between Hokkaido Colliery & Steamship and British armsmakers Armstrong Whitworth and Vickers, backed by statesmen Ito Hirobumi and Matsukata Masayoshi
Founded in Muroran, Hokkaido to let Japan produce naval guns and shells domestically rather than import them, under the Anglo-Japanese Alliance; grew into a major steel and industrial-machinery manufacturer.
