A growing legacy
Today, our presence in Japan has grown to 13 different locations and is supported by 65 colleagues and thousands more working on Rolls-Royce programmes through our partner organisations.
We have around 700 aero engines installed across the Japanese government’s fleet, including the Japan Ministry of Defense and the Japan Coast Guard.
In the UK, Japan, and Italy’s joint next-generation fighter jet programme, Rolls-Royce is working with IHI to develop and deliver a future fighter engine.
Supporting Japan’s maritime defense
In marine defense, more than 100 of our gas turbine engines support the JMSDF, making them one of our largest operators in the world. Our MT30 gas turbine powers an expected fleet of 12 Mogami Class ships.
The engine will be packaged by our long-term partner Kawasaki Heavy Industries. Since we started powering JS Ishikari with the Olympus in the 1980s, KHI has worked with us to supply around 200 naval gas turbines to the JMSDF, as well as participating in almost all Trent engine programmes.