The Asahi Shimbun

Thanks to China's roaring economy, orders for ships for export climbed to a postwar high in 2003.

Riding a wave of orders, Japanese shipbuilders are enjoying one of the industry's most active periods in decades.

Orders for ships for export in 2003 more than doubled in terms of gross tonnage from a year earlier to the highest level in the postwar era ......
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