Web Video Yoake Flight in Kobe & Akashi Released

Tokyo, November 1, 2013 — Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. started today that the web videos it has produced in collaboration with the aerial photographer Tateo Yano are now available for viewing on a special website and on YouTube.

Kawasaki has adopted “Powering your potential” as its group tagline since April 2013. These words are meant to convey Kawasaki’s desire to provide diverse technical solutions that empower its customers and society to open new possibilities. The dynamic visuals shot by Yano, coupled with the image of dawn — a soul-stirring image that inspires hope and a sense of possibility in people around the world — give a powerful new vehicle for conveying the hopes and aspirations embodied in Kawasaki’s tagline. 

Yano has pioneered the genre of ultra low-altitude aerial filming, creating a totally new world of images using a powered paraglider and high-definition camera. The images filmed by Yano give the viewers a sensation of floating and rising, as if gliding through the air, as well as the sense that the future is filled with possibilities.

The first videos to be made available capture Kobe, the birthplace of Kawasaki, and Akashi, home to Kawasaki’s largest production sites, both filmed at dawn.

More videos are scheduled to be made in collaboration with Yano, showing images of dawn in places closely associated with Kawasaki.

Please visit Kawasaki’s special website or the YouTube channel for more information on the videos.