Japan Aerospace Corporation

Japan Aerospace Corporation (JAC) is the core aerospace company of the ITOCHU Group, with more than 60 years of history and a business concept of being the only one and niche top in its specialised fields. Its origins lie in the aircraft business started by Nozaki and Co. in 1952, which passed through Kawasho Corporation and JFE Shoji before ITOCHU Corporation set up Japan Aerospace and acquired the business. The head office is on the 20th floor of Shin-Aoyama Building West, 1-1-1 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, with offices in New York, Los Angeles, London and Nagoya, and the company has passed Ethixbase 360 due diligence reviews in 2024 and 2025.

Divisions

• Aircraft Division: opened Japan's general aviation market in 1952 and has imported and sold 700 aircraft to date; today it develops fixed-wing and rotorcraft solutions for public services such as search and rescue, firefighting, aerial photography and surveying and emergency transport, supplying L3Harris Wescam MX series EO/IR sensors, Aerodata mission-integrated and flight inspection systems, search radars, fire attack systems, GPS navigation and emergency location transmitters from US and European partners
• Helicopter Engines Division: sales and after-sales support of Safran Helicopter Engines turbines since 1961, with more than 500 Safran engines in use by the Ministry of Defense, government agencies and commercial operators, including the Arriel 2E on the Kawasaki BK117 D-3, the Arrano and the Makila
• Tokyo Maintenance Center: an engine maintenance centre approved by the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau in June 2022 and certified by Safran Helicopter Engines in October 2022, with a 24-hour, 365-day aircraft parts centre and a Safran-certified training academy
• JAC Aerospace Engineering Center (JAEC): established from the 2016 purchase of JCAM, based in Shiomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo since 2021 with a Yao office in Osaka, specialising in installation planning of airborne equipment, repair and modification of business aircraft and helicopters, Wescam camera maintenance and avionics upgrades, approved by the JCAB for repair and modification, licensed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications for radio equipment inspection, JIS Q 9100 and ISO 9001 certified and an authorised Garmin and Kannad ELT shop
• Aerospace Systems Division: supply of flight control actuators, hydraulic and fuel system valves, pumps and servo valves, brake control systems, generators, cooling systems, slip rings, flight simulators, portable TACAN and defence security systems, mainly from US and European manufacturers, for the Japan Ministry of Defense and Self-Defense Forces
• JAC Technical Center: airport support business installing and maintaining security systems such as the ClearScan CT baggage screening system, the ProPassage automated tray return system and MV3D explosives detection systems, with certified engineers available 24/7

Shows

Japan Aerospace Corporation appears in the sponsor lists of Heli Japan and the Asian Australian Rotorcraft Forum 2026, where it is listed as a support sponsor.

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