noun
Former name of the Japanese steel manufacturer; now part of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (新日鐵住金).
新日本製鉄は日本の大手鉄鋼メーカーだった。
Nippon Steel Corporation was a major Japanese steel manufacturer.
Successor company formed by the merger of Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Industries in 2012.
Compound of 新 (new), 日本 (Japan), 製鉄 (steel manufacturing). The name reflects the company's origin as a modern steel producer.