Kawasaki Heavy Industries

Summary

Kawasaki Heavy Industries is a public company^[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of public_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,373 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Kawasaki Heavy Industries is in the country of Japan^[3].
• Kawasaki Heavy Industries is in the country of JP^[4].
• Kawasaki Heavy Industries's instance of is recorded as public company^[5].
• Kawasaki Heavy Industries's instance of is recorded as conglomerate^[6].
• Kawasaki Heavy Industries's instance of is recorded as business^[7].
• Kawasaki Heavy Industries's founder is recorded as Kawasaki Shōzō^[8].
• Kawasaki Shōzō is named after Kawasaki Heavy Industries^[9].
• Kawasaki Heavy Industries's headquarters location is recorded as Kobe Crystal Tower^[10].
• Kawasaki Heavy Industries's headquarters location is recorded as Kobe^[11].
• Kawasaki Heavy Industries's headquarters location is recorded as Tokyo^[12].
• Kawasaki Heavy Industries's has organizational division is recorded as Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ship & Offshore Structure Company^[13].
• Kawasaki Heavy Industries's has organizational division is recorded as Kawasaki Aerospace Systems Company^[14].
• Kawasaki Heavy Industries's has organizational division is recorded as Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing^[15].
• Kawasaki Heavy Industries's has organizational division is recorded as Kawasaki Motors^[16].
• The location of Kawasaki Heavy Industries was Kobe^[17].
• Kawasaki Heavy Industries's Commons category is recorded as Kawasaki Heavy Industries^[18].
• Kawasaki Heavy Industries's stock exchange is recorded as Tokyo Stock Exchange^[19].
• Kawasaki Heavy Industries's industry is recorded as manufacture of machinery and equipment^[20].
• Kawasaki Heavy Industries's industry is recorded as weapons industry^[21].
• 1878 marks the founding of Kawasaki Heavy Industries^[22].
• 1896 marks the founding of Kawasaki Heavy Industries^[23].
• 1939 marks the founding of Kawasaki Heavy Industries^[24].
• 1969 marks the founding of Kawasaki Heavy Industries^[25].
• 1896-10-08 marks the founding of Kawasaki Heavy Industries^[26].
• Kawasaki Heavy Industries's official website is recorded as http://global.kawasaki.com/^[27].

Product Details

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GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

• Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 5493008FFSI8SQ74AT93^[28]

• Registered legal name: 川崎重工業株式会社^[29]

• Legal jurisdiction: JP^[30]

• GLEIF entity category: GENERAL^[31]

• Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): T417^[32]

• Entity status: ACTIVE^[33]

• LEI registration status: ISSUED^[34]

• Entity created: 1896-10-08^[35]

• LEI first registered: 2013-12-04^[36]

• LEI last updated: 2025-12-04^[37]

• LEI next renewal: 2026-12-04^[38]

• Managing LOU: 353800279ADEFGKNTV65^[39]

• Registration authority: RA000412^[40]

• Authority entity ID: 1400-01-005719^[41]

• Other names: Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.^[42]

• Conformity flag: CONFORMING^[43]

Body

Founding

Kawasaki Heavy Industries's founder is recorded as Kawasaki Shōzō^[8]. Recorded inception include 1878^[22], 1896^[23], 1939^[24], 1969^[25], and 1896-10-08^[26].

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '川崎重工業株式会社'}^[44] and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.'}^[45].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Kobe Crystal Tower^[10], a skyscraper^[46], in Japan^[47]; Kobe^[11], a city designated by government ordinance^[48], in Japan^[49], founded in 1889^[50], headquartered in Kobe City Hall^[51]; and Tokyo^[12], a metropolitan prefecture^[52], in Japan^[53], founded in 1868^[54], headquartered in Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building^[55].

Industry

Industries include manufacture of machinery and equipment^[20] and weapons industry^[21].

Ownership

Kawasaki Heavy Industries's stock exchange is recorded as Tokyo Stock Exchange^[19]. Products include rolling stock^[56], aircraft^[57], ship^[58], motorcycle^[59], industrial equipment^[60], and electrical generator^[61].

Why It Matters

Kawasaki Heavy Industries ranks in the top 5% of public_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,373 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[62] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[63]