was a Japanese shipping company, headquartered in , Tokyo.
In 1896 Asano Sōichirō created the company, with the plan to have a shipping line to San Francisco. - Cited page 5. Original article in Japanese - Relevant passage is on page 161, PDF p. 4/7.
Starting in 1905 it operated passenger ships for the routes from Japan to South America, and the company transported low income East Asian immigrants to South America. The Japanese government funded the company via the National Far Western Shipping Route Subsidizing Act. - Relevant cited page is the second one. Original article in Japanese - Relevant passage is on page 110 (PDF p. 1/7).
In 1926 the company decided to stop operating passenger ships due to competition from ships operated by American and British companies and due to a reduction in immigration. Nippon Yusen took the ships that TKK operated. - Cited p. 13. - Original Japanese article - Relevant passage is on page 220 (PDF p. 7/7).
Ships
America Maru Anyo Maru Bokuyo Maru
Korea Maru
Persia Maru Seiyo Maru Shinyo Maru Siberia Maru Tenyo Maru
References
Further reading
- Profile at Shibusawa Eiichi Memorial Foundation