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One of the world’s oldest companies was a Japanese temple builder founded in 578.

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Kongō Gumi was founded in the year 578 to build Buddhist temples and was run by the same family for more than 1,400 years. It became part of a larger construction company in 2006 and still operates under that group.

Source: Kongō Gumi (Wikipedia)

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