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| Birth of founder Okura Kihachiro |
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1873 |
Established Okuragumi Shokai |
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1874 |
Opened Okuragumi Shokai branch office in
London |
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1879 |
Completed construction of Sendai Shujikan
(Prison) |
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1882 |
Arc lighting lit in front of Okuragumi Shokai
in Ginza |
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1883 |
Completed construction of Rokumeikan
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1887 |
Established Nippon Doboku Co., Ltd.
(Japan's first construction company) |
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1889 |
Completed construction of Kabukiza Theatre |
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1900 |
Opened Okura Commercial School (current
Tokyo
Keizai University) |
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1917 |
Established Okura Doboku Gumi Corporation
(first construction corporation in Japan) |
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1920 |
Changed name to Nippon Doboku Corporation |
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1927 |
Completed construction of Japan's first
subway,
which ran between Asakusa and Ueno |
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1936 |
Completed construction of the Kawana Golf
Links and the Kawana Hotel
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1939 |
Completed construction of the special Japanese
pavilion
at the San Francisco Exposition |
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1946 |
Changed name to Taisei Corporation |
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1955 |
Completed construction of the terminal building
at Tokyo International Airport (Haneda) |
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1956 |
Initial public offering on the Tokyo over-the-counter
market |
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1957 |
Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
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1958 |
Completed construction of the National Athletic
Stadium
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