JSA and SAJ Hold New Year Reception　日本船主協会・日本造船工業会が賀詞交換会を開催

“Japanese ships built in Japan” shared as guiding principle, tax extensions to underpin shipbuilding revival

「日本の船は日本でつくる」共有、税制延長で造船再生を後押し

The Japan Shipowners’ Association and the Shipbuilders’ Association of Japan on 6 January held a New Year reception at the Kaiun Building in Hirakawa-cho, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo.

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Hitoshi Nagasawa, Chairman of the Japan Shipowners’ Association (Chairman of NYK), Yasushi Kaneko, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, and Yukito Higaki, Chairman of the Shipbuilders’ Association of Japan (President of Imabari Shipbuilding), delivered addresses in which they shared the recognition that shipping and shipbuilding constitute core industries for economic security, and reaffirmed the policy principle of “Japanese ships built in Japan”.

They also confirmed a policy of advancing the revival of shipbuilding through coordinated public–private efforts, including shipbuilding support measures and the extension of tax incentives such as the special depreciation scheme for oceangoing vessels and replacement tax relief.

(Please read the full article in both English and Japanese below. The Japanese article follows the English version.)

日本船主協会・日本造船工業会が賀詞交換会を開催

「日本の船は日本でつくる」共有、税制延長で造船再生を後押し

　日本船主協会と日本造船工業会は6日、東京都千代田区平河町の海運ビルで新年賀詞交換会を開催した。

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→長澤仁志（Hitoshi Nagasawa）日本船主協会会長（日本郵船会長）、金子恭之（Yasushi Kaneko）国土交通大臣、檜垣幸人（Yukito Higaki）日本造船工業会会長（今治造船社長）があいさつし、海運・造船を経済安全保障の中核産業と位置付ける認識、「日本の船は日本でつくる」という方針を共有した。

→造船支援策や外航船舶の特別償却制度、買い換え特例制度の延長を通じ、官民一体で造船再生を進める方針が確認された。

（続きは英語と日本語で書かれた本文でお読みください。日本語の記事は英文記事に続いて掲載されています）