On February 4, 2025, Oriental Land Co., Ltd., Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line), and NYK Cruises Co., Ltd. announced the signing of a basic agreement to collaborate on Oriental Land’s cruise business, aiming to launch in 2028. This partnership will leverage Oriental Land’s expertise in creating exceptional experiences through theme park and hotel operations, combined with NYK Group’s extensive maritime experience and safety technologies, to develop a “Family Entertainment Cruise.”
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The following is a Google translation of the press release.
February 4, 2025
Everyone
Oriental Land Co., Ltd.
Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha
Yusen Cruises Co., Ltd.
Oriental Land, Nippon Yusen, and Yusen Cruises
Conclusion of a memorandum of understanding for business collaboration in Oriental Land’s cruise business
Oriental Land Co., Ltd. (Head office: Urayasu City, Chiba Prefecture, President and COO: Kenji Yoshida, hereinafter referred to as Oriental Land), Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, President and CEO: Takaya Soga), and Yusen Cruises Co., Ltd. (Head office: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, President and CEO: Hiroyuki Endo) have recently signed a memorandum of understanding for a business alliance in the cruise business that Oriental Land aims to launch in 2028 based in Japan. (Hereinafter, Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha and Yusen Cruises Co., Ltd. are collectively referred to as the Nippon Yusen Group.)
Under this basic agreement, the three companies will consider the following matters regarding the cruise business that Oriental Land plans to develop, which will be carried out by the NYK Group:
- Cruise business consulting
- Cruise ship management and operation management
Oriental Land and the NYK Group will combine the Oriental Land Group’s track record in creating extraordinary spaces and high level of hospitality cultivated through the operation of theme parks and hotels with the NYK Group’s operational track record and high level of safety technology accumulated over many years through cargo transportation and Asuka Cruises, to promote efforts to realize Oriental Land’s vision of a “family entertainment cruise.”
■ Company Overview
Oriental Land Co., Ltd.
Overview: Founded in 1960 with the aim of contributing to the “culture, health, and welfare of the nation.” With the corporate mission of providing “dreams, excitement, joy, and relaxation,” the company operates and operates theme parks as its core business, and plans to launch a cruise business in 2028.
Website: https://www.olc.co.jp/
Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha
Overview: Founded in 1885, Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha is Japan’s largest shipping company. It operates 824 ships, with approximately 35,000 employees working at over 600 locations across the group (as of March 2012). It operates a cruise ship business through its group company, Yusen Cruises Co., Ltd.
Website: https://www.nyk.com/
NYK Cruises Co., Ltd.
Overview: Asuka Cruises offers cruises tailored to the lifestyles and tastes of Japanese customers. Currently, the largest passenger ship in Japan, “Asuka II,” offers a wide range of routes, including 100-day round-the-world cruises, long overseas cruises in Asia and Oceania, and cruises around Japan’s summer festivals. In the summer of 2025, the new passenger ship “Asuka III” will be launched. With the brand concept of “conveying encounters with the real thing and conveying emotions,” Asuka Cruises aims to create “the best time” that can only be obtained on Asuka Cruises and develop Japan’s cruise culture.
Website: https://www.asukacruise.co.jp/
Last July, Oriental Land Company, LTD announced the launch of a new business project, a licensing agreement for a cruise business with Disney Enterprises, Inc to bring Disney Cruise vacations to Japan with year-rounds service expected to start in fiscal year 2028.
Details about this new cruise business will be announced via the Oriental Land Company as soon as they are determined. What we do know at this time is Oriental Land Company will operate a new Disney cruise ship which will be registered and based in Japan year-round. The ship will be constructed at Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany, with imaginative designs created by Walt Disney Imagineering. A sister ship to the Disney Wish, it will feature many guest-favorite venues and experiences from that ship with select modifications specially designed with Japanese guests in mind. It is expected to be approximately 140,000 gross tons and powered by liquefied natural gas, with about 1,250 staterooms.
In November 2025, Oriental Land Co, Ltd announced an agreement with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government for use of the Port of Tokyo as a homeport for the company’s new cruise business.
More details about the maiden voyage, itineraries and onboard experiences will be announced at a later date.
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