Kongō Gumi Co., Ltd. (株式会社金剛組, Kabushiki Gaisha Kongō Gumi) is a Japanese construction company, purportedly founded in 578 A.D., making it the world's...

from 970. It is the second oldest Japanese construction company after Kongō Gumi. Using wood working and carving the company specializes in building Buddhist...

century later established the firm Kongō Gumi, which specialized in temple and shrine buildings.[citation needed] Kongō Gumi was the world's oldest company...

company in operation following the acquisition of construction company Kongō Gumi in 2006. In 2011, the Keiunkan was recognized by Guinness World Records...

Exchange January 2006: Acquired Kongō Gumi, specializing in temple and shrine architecture. Prior to the acquisition, Kongō Gumi was the oldest continuously...

Subsidiary of Takamatsu Construction Group since 2006. Subsidiary of Kongō Gumi since 2007. Legally re-incorporated in 1910 as "Hofbrauhaus Heinrich Brüne...

Chen dynasty invents matches. 578: The world's oldest ongoing company, Kongō Gumi, is founded in Osaka, Japan. 579–590: Reign of Persian Shah Hormizd IV...

of oldest banks in continuous operation List of the oldest newspapers Kongō Gumi, a construction company founded in 578 in Japan Institution Organization...

resembling hearts, and tiny six-petalled flowers. Kongō Gumi is named for the venerable Kongō Gumi company of Japan, the oldest known company in the world...

Kagami – the top braiding surface on a marudai; Japanese for "mirror". Kongō Gumi – a class of patterns for round cord all involving eight threads folded...