| | NYK Line -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) |
 | | The (A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building) Japan-based Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaishai, Nippon Yusen Kaisha (日本郵船), or NYK Line, is one of the largest (Conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry) shipping companies in the world. |
| | Its surviving vessels and equipment were confiscated by the Allied authorities, as ((usually plural) compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors) reparations, or taken by recently liberated Asian states, during 1945-46. |
| | NYK revived its passenger ship business in 1989 with (A passenger ship used commercially for pleasure cruises) cruise ships operated by its newly-formed subsidiary (additional info and facts about Crystal Cruises) Crystal Cruises. |
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