Kawasaki Heavy Industry started in the Meiji Restoration Era in Japan. In 1878, Kawasaki Masaki established Kawasaki Bottom Shipbuilding with the help of the Ministry of Education, and was renamed Kawasaki Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. in 1896. This is the predecessor of Kawasaki Heavy Industry and the first in the Taisho era. The shipbuilding industry was already booming during World War II. After World War II in the Showa era, the sharp economic growth after the war, and Japan's modern history and industrial history, Kawasaki Heavy Industry is still a veteran Japanese company. After the establishment of Kawasaki Company, it quickly became one of the important heavy industrial enterprises in Japan. In 1906, it delivered the first domestic submarine to the Japanese army and built the first domestic steam locomotive that year. In 1939, the company was renamed Kawasaki Heavy Industry. Co., Ltd. During World War II, the company provided the Japanese army with Air Force equipment such as Feiyan fighter jets, Type 5 fighter jets, Type 1 transport aircraft, and also built the well-known "Haruna" battleship and the "Kaga" aircraft carrier. After the end of World War II, Kawasaki Heavy Industries still maintained an important position. Its business covers aviation, aerospace, shipbuilding, railways, engines, motorcycles, robots and other fields, representing Japan's advanced science and technology. On February 22, 1985, the signing ceremony for the Sifang Locomotive and Vehicle Factory and the Hyogo Factory of Japan Kawasaki Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. was held in Japan.

The group has 30,653 employees. Kawasaki Heavy Industry Group mainly includes vehicle companies, aerospace companies, gas turbines, machinery companies, general machinery companies, ship companies and other departments. The products cover all areas of sea, land and air, and their dependence on military orders is less than 10%. , but the aerospace department mainly relies on military orders to maintain it.

Kawasaki Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. ranks fourth in the number and output value of motorcycles in Japanese motorcycle production companies. The former Kawasaki Company was a shipyard. After World War II, it entered the motorcycle industry. It started with the main manufacturing of Kawasaki engines, supplying the motorcycle manufacturing factory that rushed into the air at that time. Soon, Mingfa Industrial Co., Ltd., the predecessor of Kawasaki Motorcycle Company, was born. The earliest motorcycle it manufactured was the "Mingfa 80" motorcycle. In 1955, it used the original West German motorcycle as a model to manufacture the "Mingfa 125". ”Motorcycle. In the fierce competition at that time, due to the limitations of scale and capability, Mingfa Company was eventually acquired by the powerful Kawasaki Company. Because it was still working with Laopumu Production at that time, it was not completely returned to Kawasaki until 1964. Company owned.

The product that plays a decisive role in the status of Kawasaki motorcycles at home and abroad is the "A1" motorcycle produced in 1966. Due to its outstanding performance, it is very popular in Japan. The manufacturing of this kind of car also laid the basic characteristics of Kawasaki Motorcycle. Among the four major motorcycle production companies in Japan, Kawasaki's motorcycle products are very distinctive, namely small output, few models, excellent quality and high price. Kawasaki does not produce low-displacement motorcycles (such as 50mL motorcycles), commercial business motorcycles and seated motorcycles, but specializes in the manufacturing of sports cars, racing cars, off-road racing cars, American cars and four-wheel all-terrain motorcycles. car.