A joint venture between Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Fuji Heavy Industries (now better known as the parent company of automobile manufacturer Subaru), Shin Meiwa, Showa Aircraft Industry Company and Japan Aircraft Industry Company was set up in 1957, being formalised as the Nihon Aeroplane Manufacturing Company (NAMC) in 1959.
NAMC YS-11 je dvomotorno turbopropelersko potniško letalo, ki ga je zasnoval japonski konzorcij Nihon Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation - NAMC.