Word: shitennoji
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Masakazu's secret for a long corporate life? Deliver lasting products and stand by them. "At Shitennoji," he says, "someone from our company is there every day." And perhaps forever. --By Hanna Kite
Construction of Shitennoji, one of the oldest Buddhist complexes in Japan, began in the year 593. One of its carpenters, Shigemitsu Kongo, traveled to Japan from the Korean kingdom of Paekche. Today, working from offices overlooking the temple, Kongo Gumi Co. is run by Masakazu Kongo, 55, the 40th Kongo to lead the 1,410-year-old company, believed to be the world's oldest family enterprise...
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